Girl, 6, nearly abducted walking home from church with mother on Mother's Day in Daytona Beach, FL
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 6-year-old girl was nearly abducted after walking home from church with her mother on Mother's Day, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department.
Authorities responded at around noon on Sunday to reports of an attempted abduction in Daytona Beach, Florida, police said in a press release.
The 6-year-old and her mother were walking home hand-in-hand from Our Lady of Lourdes Church when a woman blocked them from moving any farther, according to an incident report obtained by ABC News affiliate WFTV.
The woman then "intentionally grabbed" the 6-year-old, trying to break the grip between her and her mother, the report said. Ultimately unsuccessful, the suspect fled. The child and her mother were uninjured from the incident, according to the report. The suspect remained at large, police said.
Daytona Beach police have described the suspect as a woman between 25 and 35, who is approximately 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8 and who was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt and a red skirt.
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"Maybe you're afraid, maybe it was Mother's Day (and) you don't have a child, I don't know," Kelly Grange, father of the 6-year-old, told WFTV. "I encourage you to turn yourself in, reach out and get some help."
Video shows brazen attempted kidnapping of 6-year-old girl from front yard
HAMILTON, Ohio - An Ohio man is facing sexual assault and attempted kidnapping charges after reportedly grabbing a 6-year-old girl and trying to kidnap her from her front yard.
Video shows the child taking out the trash when a man, later identified as 33-year-old Deric McPherson, approaches her and grabs her. He then walks away briefly but turns around and grabs her by the hand, then tries to pull her away.
The child’s mother told the WLWT that she heard a "blood-curling" scream before her daughter ran inside and told her someone touched her private parts and tried to kidnap her.
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Her parents first tried chasing McPherson on foot, but then her father got in his car and pursued McPherson until police could arrest him. He was charged with gross sexual imposition and abduction.
Deric McPherson (Butler County Sheriff's Office)
"I've always told her that if somebody ever touches her, talks to her or grabs her, make a scene, scream as loud as she can and fight. She screamed bloody murder and pulled against him and got away from him," her father told the local TV station.
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