Cpl. Bart Veal

Public Information Officer

903-798-3187 (office) 903-798-2368 (pager)

903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)

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Re: 13 year-old Kidnapped and found in Mineral Springs/ Nashville Area.

On Sunday (05/02/04) morning at 2:29am officers of the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department were dispatched to the 2400 block of Linden St. in reference to an alleged kidnapping. A 13 year-old white female was kidnapped while she waited outside an apartment for her mother. The same morning at around 5:00am the 13 year-old victim was found in the Mineral Springs Arkansas area.

Officers from the Patrol, Investigations, and Special Operations Divisions of the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department continue an intensive investigation and ask that the details of this case not be released.

The suspect has been described as a thirty to forty year old black male, six feet tall, slender to medium build, with a baldhead.

The suspect vehicle is described as a late 80’s to 90’s white pick-up with a white toolbox in the bed of the truck.

Although no confirmed connection has been reached to the kidnapping, detectives are still looking for a white 1993 Chevrolet Extended cab pick-up reportedly stolen in Texarkana Texas sometime yesterday. The truck was bearing Texas license plate 2ES- 520, has chrome bed rails, and “TRAVELTIME” on the tailgate.

The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department is asking for your help. If you or anyone you know has information about this crime or has seen the stolen truck please call the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department at 903-798-3130 or Crime Stoppers at 903-793-7867 (STOP).

Thank you and you can visit the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department online at http://www.txkusa.org/arkpolice.