Quebec girl escapes from kidnapper, police say
Last Updated: Saturday, July 26, 2008 | 6:58 PM ET
The Canadian Press
Police are looking for a man in his 40s after the alleged kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in the Laurentian resort town of St-Sauveur, Que., on Friday.
The suspect allegedly forced the girl into a white or light grey car around 5:45 p.m.
Quebec provincial police say that once the man had the girl in the car, he drove the streets surrounding the town for about half an hour.
The girl was able to flee when the man briefly stopped the vehicle. She called police from a nearby phone booth, police said.
Police questioned her Friday night.
Quebec provincial police spokesman Gregory Gomez Del Prado said the girl was unharmed and that "for now, we're taking this seriously."
© The Canadian Press, 2008
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