Matt NahamMay 20th, 2021, 10:31 am
A shocking video from Tuesday showed an 11-year-old girl bravely fighting off a man who was trying to kidnap her at a school bus stop in Escambia County, Florida. Now
Alyssa Bonal is speaking out about what was going through her mind at the time and what she remembered about the suspect, identified as 30-year-old
Jared Paul Stanga.
“What is he going to do with me? Where is he going to […] where am I going to be at? What is my family going to think?” Alyssa recalled thinking, telling WKRG that she was “scared” and “anxious.” But Alyssa had her thinking cap on at the time and made sure that the suspect was “caught blue-handed,” as her mother
The bravery of an 11-year-old Florida girl and her dedicated viewing of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” helped her not only fight off an attempted.
Police have released home surveillance video of the frightening scene, which occurred at a school bus stop around 7 a.m. on Tuesday. A white vehicle is seen driving up to a nearby corner and then a man jumps out and starts to charge at Alyssa, who was waiting for her school bus. The man got out of his vehicle holding a knife, came towards me and I tried to run, but he caught me, she said.
The man is seen trying to drag her back toward the car, but she fights back and both fall to the ground. The man then fled to the vehicle and sped away.
‘She’s a smart cookie:’ Florida girl purposely got blue slime on would-be kidnapper’s arms
Alyssa Bonal fights off man
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PENSACOLA, Fla. – As Alyssa Bonal fought the strange man who had just grabbed her by the throat, threatened her with a knife and dragged her toward his van, she had the presence of mind to get as much of the blue slime she had been playing with on him as possible, so police could identify him.
The 11-year-old Pensacola girl said she learned the importance of evidence from her favorite TV show, the long-running detective series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Alyssa had been attacked Tuesday as she awaited her school bus, her near-abduction captured by a neighbor s home security camera.
The bravery of an 11-year-old Florida girl and her dedicated viewing of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” helped her not only fight off an attempted.