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Deputies: This Man Kidnapped, Raped 5-Year-Old in Bradenton
Manatee County authorities are still looking for the suspect, who was seen on security video trying to board a bus Monday after the alleged attack.
Authorities are searching for a man who they say kidnapped and raped a 5-year-old girl near a Bradenton mobile home park Monday afternoon, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports.
The girl was playing with another child around 1 p.m. Monday near the Aloha Estates Mobile Home Park, 5310 14th St. W., when she was approached by the man, who lured her to a store and then a vacant mobile home, detectives say.
There, the girl was held against her will, choked and sexually battered, the sheriff's office said.
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She managed to escape, run home and tell a family member about the attack.
A security video (attached to this story) shows the suspect trying to board a Manatee County Area Transit bus as he tried to flee the area, according to a sheriff's office spokesperson.
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The suspect is described as a black man around 5-foot-10 and 220 pounds with a muscular build and short hair or balding. He appears to be between 30 to 45 years old and was last seen wearing baggy blue jean shorts, no shirt and dark colored tennis shoes, detectives said.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office at 941-747-3011 or Crime Stoppers at 866-634-TIPS.
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