5 Year Old Natalie Flores Abducted in Phoenix, AZ on 12/25/09 (Update: Found Safe)
5 year old Natalie Flores was abducted on Friday, December 25, 2009, in Phoenix, AZ as she played outside of her home. The Police have issued an Amber Alert.
Natalie Flores Found Safe!!!
She was playing outside with her two sisters when a man ran up and kidnapped her. He took a picture of her elder sister and also tried to lower the pants of one of her sisters according to KPHO News.
Witnesses saw the abduction and watched the man put Natalie in his truck. However, they could not stop the abduction in time.
The kidnapping occurred in the Saddleback Mountain apartments at 12430 N. 19th Avenue in Phoenix. Natalie and her sisters reside with an aunt who is her legal guardian. Her parents live in another state.
Description of Natalie Flores:
- Natalie is age 5
- about 4 feet tall
- weighs around 60 pounds
- She has curly red, medium-length hair, freckles
- When last seen, she was wearing blue pants, a pink shirt, and white and pink sneakers.
Description of Suspect:
- suspect is a “white male, between 30 and 40 years old
- with blond or gray hair
- 5-foot-8 or 5-foot-9
- weighs 180 to 190 pounds
- wearing a gray shirt and peach knee-length shorts.”
- The suspect may be driving a brown truck with an Arizona state plate of 3HG-774 or 3HG-377 or GHG-337 or 3HG-774N or other similar numbers. The truck may be visibly damaged as a witness said the truck hit a vehicle as it was fleeing the scene of the kidnapping.
UPDATE I: A Christmas Miracle … 5 Year old Natalie Flores Found Safe, rescused by the police.
Finally, a good outcome to a child abduction story. 5 year old Natalie Flores has been found safe and the suspect is in police custody.
UPDATE II: Phoenix Police Find Abducted 5-Year-Old Girl
A 5-year-old girl abducted by a man as she played outside her Phoenix home Friday was rescued hours later after police chased down the suspect’s pickup and found her “alive and well” inside, officials said.
[...] you had not heard the story, there was a Christmas Miracle yesterday in Phoenix, AZ. All too often these abduction stories end in tragedy … not yesterday [...]
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