Police: 6-Year-Old Girl Escaped From Abductor
Police: Man Dragged Girl Into Mobile Home

POSTED: 6:52 pm EDT August 7, 2008
UPDATED: 7:24 pm EDT August 7, 2008


LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A 6-year-old girl abducted in Lafayette was able to escape from the man police said knocked her off her bike and dragged her into his mobile home.

The abduction happened Wednesday evening at the Point East Mobile Home Park, said Lafayette Detective Mark Pinkard.

The 6-year-old told police she was riding her bike with her sister and others when a man grabbed her and forced her into his mobile home.

The girl said she was able to escape when the man left her alone for a moment.

Police later arrested Emilio Villanueva, 47, in connection with the abduction. He was preliminarily charged with battery on a child under 14 and criminal confinement.

Villanueva also had outstanding warrants out of Houston, Texas, for child molestation-related charges and was considered a deported felon by Immigration Customs Enforcement, police said.

The 6-year-old suffered a bruise on her leg. She told police she did not know Villanueva.
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