Mother Worried Over Attempted Kidnapping of Daughter

Tonight, a mother is feeling both relieved and worried. Her child managed to escape from a man who tried to abduct her on Monday evening, but the fear that he might still be out there haunts her. Estrella Novello shared with News Five that her daughter was heading to a party that evening. She sent her ahead on her bicycle while she finished getting ready. As the little girl reached the lane, a stranger ambushed her and started leading her away, talking to her. He even offered the ten-year-old money to go with him. A Facebook post from someone close to the family expressed sorrow over the incident and frustration that the man escaped on a boat before the police could arrest him. The mother is worried he might come back. She shared with News Five how her little girl managed to get away.

 

Estrella Novelo, Mother of Kidnap

“The man was on the corner, my daughter says and it was there that he called her. She stopped and he asked her name and her age. She told him. and then she says she wanted to turn back, but he didn’t let her. He hugged her around the neck and took her a distance from his corner to the school. Then our friend who was leaving for work saw them and yelled at him asking, where he was taking the girl. And he let her go and told her that he had known the girl for 10 years. But he had just asked her this information, how old she was. So our friend”