NC sleepover kidnapping ends with suspect in custody after 12-year-old escapes
TL;DR
A 12-year-old girl at a sleepover in Lillington, NC, was allegedly abducted by her friend’s uncle, Daniel Gear, who forced her into his truck and toward the woods before she escaped when he parked behind an Erwin DMV office; a passing motorist, Jennifer Maxwell, found the shoeless, scratched girl and helped her reach police. Gear was arrested after a seven-hour manhunt and charged with first-degree kidnapping and assault, with bond set at $2.5 million; his next court date is Sept. 1.
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- Girl kidnapped at sleepover and taken into woods was found by Good Samaritan barefoot in a ditch The Independent
- 'Just dropped in the ditch': Harnett County woman described rescuing girl kidnapped on Sunday WRAL
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