Alleged student abduction at Leland middle school 10-13-2010

 

LELAND POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING AN ALLEGED STUDENT ABDUCTION WEDNESDAY MORNING. A 15-YEAR-OLD LELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT SAYS SHE WAS ABDUCTED WEDNESDAY WHILE ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL. LELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS ARE FOLLOWING UP ON THE STORY THE GIRL TOLD THEM, DESPITE SOME INCONSISTENCIES IN HER STORY.  THE STUDENT SAYS SHE WAS WALKING ALONG BROAD STREET WHEN A SILVER OR GRAY VEHICLE WITH A TEXAS TAG PASSED THE STUDENT, THEN TURNED AROUND AND STOPPED HER BY THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. THE DRIVER ASKED THE GIRL WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND IF SHE WANTED A RIDE. THE GIRL INITIALLY DECLINED BUT SAYS SHE GOT IN THE CAR AFTER SEEING TWO GUNS IN THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER THEN WENT ON SOUTH EAST DEER CREEK DRIVE WITH THE GIRL. BUT WHEN THEY REACHED THE VO-TECH CENTER, SHE JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND RAN TO HER MOTHER WHO WAS STAYING AT A NEARBY MOTEL. THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.