Girl, 6, bravely reveals how she fought off would-be abductor in a Range Rover by BITING him after he scooped her up from her Miami apartment complex courtyard where she was playing with her siblings
- The youngster named A’hlyric was playing with her siblings in the courtyard of her Miami apartment complex last Thursday when the she was almost abducted
- The six-year-old bit her attacker’s arm to escape
- Leonardo Venegas, 32, was later arrested on charges of kidnapping and child abuse causing no great bodily harm, court records show
A young girl has bravely revealed how she fought off her would-be abductor by biting his arm after he grabbed her from the courtyard of her Miami apartment complex.
A’hlyric, 6, had been playing with her siblings in the courtyard last Thursday when she noticed an SUV she hadn’t seen before parked near the building as she sat on the rear stairway.
She was momentarily alone when the stranger ambushed her, scooped her up and ran towards his Range Rover.
‘He pulled me. He picked me up. He started running with me,’ A’hlyric told CBS4 News Miami.
She went into survival mode and managed to escape after she bit down on the assailants arm.
A’hlyric, 6, had been playing with her siblings in the courtyard of her Miami apartment complex when she was almost abducted
Leonardo Venegas, 32, was later identified as the alleged attacker and was arrested on Saturday on charges of kidnapping and child abuse causing no great bodily harm
The Miami apartment complex courtyard where the random stranger appeared attempting to abduct the young girl
Though she was slapped and thrown to the ground she was able to get to her house and tell her aunt as the assailant bolted to his car and drove off.
Leonardo Venegas, 32, was later identified as the alleged attacker and was arrested on Saturday on charges of kidnapping and child abuse causing no great bodily harm, NBC News reported.
Once the young girl broke free she ran towards the front of the building to tell her aunt, what had just happened, according to the affidavit.
Teisha McGill, the girl’s mother, said she was grateful that her daughter survived the harrowing attack and spoke of her courage.
‘She’s really brave,’ McGill said ‘she fought him off.’
Chilling footage shows Venegas allegedly lurking behind the family’s apartment building before the attack.
The suspect was allegedly seen running away from the property after the botched attack before jumping into his car to flee the scene.
Officials said he drove past a license plate reader that captured the plate number.
The girl identified her attacker through images captured on video, the affidavit said and police found the Range Rover on Saturday when Venegas was taken into custody.
Teisha McGill pictured with daughter A’hlyrica after the kidnapping ordeal
‘(We’re) thankful that that six-year-old little girl had a great memory,’ Miami police officer Kiara Delva (pictured) told CBS Miami
Venegas agreed to speak to investigators in a taped interview, in which he told them that he was the driver of the Range Rover and was in the area ‘looking for houses to buy.’
The complex that the little girl lives in is supported housing by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and as result homes are not listed with ‘for sale’ signs, the affidavit said, the news outlet reported.
‘(We’re) thankful that that six-year-old little girl had a great memory,’ Miami police officer Kiara Delva told CBS Miami.
‘She was able to give a great description of the suspect involved, which helped our tactical robbery detectives to locate the vehicle. Very brave – she fought for her safety.’
Venegas was held on no bond on the kidnapping charge and was also placed on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold, jail records showed.
It is unclear if he has legal counsel and when his next court date is scheduled for.
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