Thanks to the geolocation of his iPad, the police in the USA managed to track down a missing girl. The eleven-year-old from Youngwood, Pennsylvania, wanted to visit her sister on her bike on Sunday. She stopped at a gas station, parked her bike there and went to a nearby grocery store. There she met a man who offered the girl a ride in his car.
Investigators located the girl’s iPad at a home near Latrobe, about 15 miles from the store, Westmoreland County Attorneys said in a statement. When officers found the 11-year-old there on Monday, she told them that the 43-year-old had offered to give her a ride in the car. Footage from CCTV at the store showed the man speaking to the child for more than 20 minutes.
According to police, he first drove to his home in South Greensburg, where he got out of the car, went inside and returned five minutes later. The victim told police the man rubbed her leg and touched her stomach area under her shirt before asking him to take her to a friend’s house in Latrobe.
The man admitted to taking the girl but denied touching her. He is also said to have told the police officers that he used to be a bad guy, but that today he is a born-again Christian and has found Jesus. The 43-year-old was taken to Westmoreland County Jail. He was denied bail.
Watch the video: Dramatic footage shows a hostage escaping from her year-long captivity. The woman arrives at a gas station just seconds before her alleged tormentor.
Sources: Westmoreland County Attorney’s Office, ABC News
