UPDATED: Disturbing Video Shows Abduction of Girl in Providence - Police Have Suspect in Custody
Wednesday, October 07, 2020
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT
Video of the abduction of a 9-year-old girl on Monday shows the moment the suspect snatched her off the street.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
On Tuesday night, police said they had a suspect in custody.
According to Providence police, a 34-year-old Cranston man is in custody.
Latest Development:
As police reported Monday night:
"At approximately 3:00 p.m. [Monday], October 5, 2020, a 9-year-old female was abducted after exiting her school bus and proceeded to walk in the area in the area of Grover and Merino Streets," said police is an alert to the media.
According to the police, the suspect responsible is believed to be a 20-40-year-old Hispanic male wearing all black with black hair operating a silver Nissan SUV.
The victim was later returned to a nearby location and police are actively looking for the subject and vehicle involved related to this incident.
Anyone with information is asked to please contact Detective Captain Tim O'Hara at (401) 243-6360 or via email [email protected] or Detective Sergeant John Muriel at (401) 243-6380 or via email [email protected]
This story is developing.
Updated Tuesday 8:49 p.m. 10/6/20
