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Police Arrest 20-Year-Old After 9-Year-Old Escapes Abduction in Ceará

CCTV evidence combined with a tactical patrol led to charges under Brazil’s Article 148.

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Overview

  • The child was forced onto a motorcycle after leaving a school bus in Tauá and taken to a thicket, then fled and sought help from local residents.
  • A Força Tática unit located a suspect on BR-020 near Alto Brilhante, contained him after resistance, and obtained a positive identification from the victim.
  • Officers seized the motorcycle seen in security footage and found at the suspect’s home a shirt matching images from the incident.
  • The man was taken to the Delegacia Regional de Tauá and charged with kidnapping and private imprisonment in the attempted form under Article 148.
  • Police reports say the victim described an attempt to touch her, while the suspect claimed he only gave her a ride, and the case now proceeds under local authority.