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Seven-year-old girl escapes kidnapper
GRAND TERRACE (AP) ---- A 7-year-old girl kidnapped from her bedroom early Tuesday escaped by jumping from her abductor's car when he stopped to look for his lost wallet, police said.
Police found a wallet in front of the girl's home and waited for the suspect at the San Bernardino address on his driver's license, said Chip Patterson, a spokesman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
Police arrested Dennis Martin Castro, 24, when he arrived about three hours after the 3:30 a.m. abduction.
The girl "is unharmed, aside from being frightened," Patterson said.
Her parents told authorities they heard the girl's muffled screams, but she was gone by the time they reached her bedroom in their single-story house.
Castro allegedly drove off with the girl. But investigators believe he stopped about a block away when he realized he had lost his wallet. The girl jumped from the car and ran home to her parents.
The girl's parents told authorities they do not know the suspect, who was expected to be booked on suspicion of kidnapping. Castro had no known history of sex offenses and the motive was not immediately known, Patterson said.
The kidnapping occurred a little more than a month after another 7-year-old, Danielle van Dam, was reported missing Feb. 2. Her body was found last week in an oak grove off a rural road east of the city of El Cajon, and a neighbor has been charged with murder in the case.