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To: Rheo
http://www.nctimes.net/news/20 02/20020306/wwww.html

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.


697 posted on 07/04/2002 2:21:42 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone
Sorry I guess it was a single story house not upstairs..
698 posted on 07/04/2002 2:24:25 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone
Click here .

In my opinion, this is one of the single most important mitigating factors in this entire case IF AND ONLY IF the distance from the one place to the Van Dam's house is as close or closer than has been suggested. Someone copy and make an archive backup of the webpage above please. Why on earth was this not reported or mentioned earlier ?!?


703 posted on 07/04/2002 2:36:33 PM PDT by pyx
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To: rolling_stone
Sorry - I jumped straight to the last page of the thread and didn't see your post. Good detective work.
714 posted on 07/04/2002 3:05:41 PM PDT by small_l_libertarian
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To: rolling_stone; pyx
Woops, never mind--I see RS had it handy!


719 posted on 07/04/2002 3:16:35 PM PDT by MizSterious
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