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Octafish

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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 11:31 PM Aug 2012

Police in southwestern Illinois say teenage girl held captive more than 2 years escapes [View all]

Source: Washington Post

WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. — A teenage girl reported missing more than two years ago escaped from a home in southwestern Illinois where she said she was held captive and repeatedly sexually assaulted, police said Thursday.

Police in Washington Park, a village next to East St. Louis, said the girl reported that she was raped by her captor, got pregnant and had a baby.

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About two dozen members of a SWAT team wearing helmets and body armor swarmed the home Thursday afternoon with their assault rifles drawn. They recovered the child and arrested a 24-year-old man.

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Washington Park Police Chief David Clark said it appears the man’s mother assisted in the crime. She was also taken into custody. Police would not identify either of them by name because they had not been charged as of Thursday evening.



Read more: http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/police-in-southwestern-illinois-say-teenage-girl-held-captive-more-than-2-years-escapes/2012/08/23/482f6b1c-ed8a-11e1-866f-60a00f604425_story.html



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