MonarC
06-07-2003, 01:55 PM
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A 9 year-old girl was taken from her home late Friday afternoon by an intruder who apparently broke in through a window and hid inside the house. The man proceeded to beat the girl’s mother and 13 year-old brother.
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The girl’s mother and brother told authorities they had never seen the man prior to yesterday, said San Jose police spokeswoman Katherine Unger.
"God forbid we don't find this girl tonight," said Unger. "We are so fearful that something bad could happen to her.”
The fourth grade girl, Janette Tamayo, was thrown into the back of the suspect’s car, which had been previously backed into the garage and hidden behind the closed door, Unger said. It wasn’t made clear as to whether the mother and brother were beaten before or after the girl was put in the car.
After the bleeding and distraught mother called 911 from a neighbor's home at about 4:30 p.m., police fanned out over the South San Jose neighborhood.
Unger said Janette, a fourth-grader with long brown hair streaked with blonde, usually spent afternoons with a baby sitter. It was not clear whether the baby sitter was there when the man broke in; the mother and brother said they were attacked by the suspect after arriving home together, she said.
The California Highway Patrol issued a statewide Amber Alert (search) at 7:30 p.m. alerting motorists to be on the lookout for a tan or silver sedan that witnesses reported seeing fleeing from the area.
The mother was taken to an area hospital for her injuries, which included wounds to her face and "massive head injuries," but her condition was not known, Unger said.
The suspect also attempted to choke the boy with such force he told authorities it felt as if "the guy was trying to break his neck," Unger said.
"It was a pretty brutal fight, I'll tell you that," she said.
Authorities described the suspect as short and in his early 20s. They said he had a deep scratch on his face from his struggle with Janette's mother.
Since the suspect also spoke Spanish, "our natural fear is that he is taking off to Mexico," Unger said.
What is up in Cali it seem that all the horrible crimes are happening there now...
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The girl’s mother and brother told authorities they had never seen the man prior to yesterday, said San Jose police spokeswoman Katherine Unger.
"God forbid we don't find this girl tonight," said Unger. "We are so fearful that something bad could happen to her.”
The fourth grade girl, Janette Tamayo, was thrown into the back of the suspect’s car, which had been previously backed into the garage and hidden behind the closed door, Unger said. It wasn’t made clear as to whether the mother and brother were beaten before or after the girl was put in the car.
After the bleeding and distraught mother called 911 from a neighbor's home at about 4:30 p.m., police fanned out over the South San Jose neighborhood.
Unger said Janette, a fourth-grader with long brown hair streaked with blonde, usually spent afternoons with a baby sitter. It was not clear whether the baby sitter was there when the man broke in; the mother and brother said they were attacked by the suspect after arriving home together, she said.
The California Highway Patrol issued a statewide Amber Alert (search) at 7:30 p.m. alerting motorists to be on the lookout for a tan or silver sedan that witnesses reported seeing fleeing from the area.
The mother was taken to an area hospital for her injuries, which included wounds to her face and "massive head injuries," but her condition was not known, Unger said.
The suspect also attempted to choke the boy with such force he told authorities it felt as if "the guy was trying to break his neck," Unger said.
"It was a pretty brutal fight, I'll tell you that," she said.
Authorities described the suspect as short and in his early 20s. They said he had a deep scratch on his face from his struggle with Janette's mother.
Since the suspect also spoke Spanish, "our natural fear is that he is taking off to Mexico," Unger said.
What is up in Cali it seem that all the horrible crimes are happening there now...