7 year old attempted Abduction!!

How scary would this have been for that little girl and her family. They don't say it on this one but there were adults inside as well. I really hope they catch this guy!!   


Abduction victim left muddy and bleeding
By IAN STEWARD - The Press | Wednesday, 4 July 2007

A seven-year-old girl abducted as she slept in her grandmother's lounge was left muddied and bleeding after her screams scared the attacker off.

The girl's nose was "crushed" from the force of the assailant's gloved grip across her mouth as he carried her into the backyard.

The victim's mother, Christine, yesterday said she felt "sick and terrified" when she heard her daughter's screams and then discovered her little girl had narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt.

Christine, her husband, and their three children had come to Christchurch from their country home.

They were staying at the home of Christine's parents, in Linwood, on Saturday night.

"We were out celebrating Mum's 70th.

"My sister ... was here with her family too. There were 12 of us in the house.

"We watched the rugby and went to bed at 1.30am.

"We were in the sleepout and Dad was in the camper so the back door was unlocked.

"Four of the kids, aged three to 13, were sleeping in the lounge and the lights were on.

"I woke up at 3am because I heard screaming.

"I wasn't sure where it was coming from and I didn't know what it was."

Christine said her sister heard the seven-year-old screaming too.

"She found her violently shaking and crying. She said a man had taken her out into the dark. She was covered in mud and she had blood on her pyjamas. He had had his hand on her face. She started screaming and he threw her down on the lawn and ran off up the driveway."

The fridge and the pantry were open and the grandmother's purse had been taken.

A car had been broken into in the driveway.

Police were called and the girl was taken to a clinic about 6am and was checked for sexual assault. Tests returned a negative result.

Christine said her daughter had thought it was her father "picking her up and taking her to bed".

The attacker was described as wearing all black with fingerless gloves and dark skin.

The family was taken to a motel while police collected forensic evidence from the house.

Grandmother Jean said she and her husband had lived in the house for nine years and had not experienced any trouble there.

Christine said her daughter was recovering well.

"There's bad, horrible, people everywhere. People need to be aware that he is out there. Be aware and keep your babies close. If he's brazen enough to come in here he'll do it again."

Eight police officers were yesterday interviewing neighbours about the incident.

Investigation head Detective Sergeant Todd Hamilton said any apparent link between an abduction attempt of an eight-year-old girl in the same street in May was tenuous.

From the descriptions provided, the two attackers appeared to be different, but the girl in Sunday's incident had woken suddenly in the arms of a stranger and was able only to provide a fleeting description, Hamilton said.

A car parked in the driveway early on Sunday had been broken into and police wanted to hear from anyone in the neighbourhood whose car had been interfered with.

its terrible aye. really scary. Hay St is where I grew up and thats where that guy tried to get the girl walking to school and now they say this is close to Hay St!!!

That is just awful and confirms my stance on not letting my girls go anywhere alone! They dont walk to the shop at the end of the street, play at the school across the etc. If they want to play at the school I always go over with my coffee and a book. Safety first I say! That poor girl. Im with you Pepsi about the damn truck!!!

Isn't it sad that we have to be so much more careful now because of so many creepy people around.
Even when I was little I was allowed to do so much more than I would ever let my boys do!!!