The following is a summary of a police report of an attempted child abduction that took place in Braemar on October 7, 2008. This could have happened anywhere. Neighborhood awareness is the absolute best way to combat crime. Know your neighbors and know what's going on in your neighborhood. And report suspicious activity to the local police.
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BRISTOW, VA: Police say a mother in Prince William County got quite a scare on Tuesday (10/7/08) morning when she found a man in the back seat of her car with her 6-year-old daughter, and investigators are still trying to track him down.
According to investigators, the suspect entered the garage of a home on Kennoway Court in Bristow at about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. They say the 46-year-old woman who lives in the house had just put her purse and her 6-year-old daughter inside the car in the garage and walked several yards away toward the mail boxes.
Police say the woman heard her daughter scream, and she ran back to her house to find the man in the back seat of the car with her daughter. They say the woman screamed, and the suspect managed to push past her and escape on foot.
No one was hurt, and nothing was taken from the car.
Detectives are still searching for the man, who is described as being about 5'7" tall and weighing between 175 and 180 pounds with a stocky build. Police say he was wearing a gray sweatshirt with the hood up, a loose-fitting scarf around the lower half of his face, black gloves and blue or black sweatpants. They also say he had a raspy voice.
Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call the Prince William County Crime Solvers at (703) 670-3700 or (866) 411-TIPS
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