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09-10-2006, 05:25 PM
My brother in law my wifes sisters husband and all called me and told my wife some news. Him and his friends were fishing and saw a guy through a little girl in the water. I guess him and his friends rescued the girl after being thrown into the water.

Here is the article. Sick bastard would do that to a 5 year old girl. Hope he gets the deth sentence. Well here is the article.

Girl Rescued After Being Thrown in Lake
By MARCUS KABEL (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
September 06, 2006 1:08 PM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Fishermen rescued a 5-year-old girl who was thrown into lake before dawn Wednesday, and divers searched the water for another possible victim before determining the child's mother was safe.

The girl, whose name was not released, had told investigators her assailant told her her mother was dead.

"She told the investigator that the suspect said he'd killed the mother and put her in the lake," said Greene County Sheriff's Capt. Jim Barber.

Investigators later found the mother safe on land and reunited her with the little girl, who was in a Springfield hospital.

Investigators were looking for a man who they believed took the girl during the night while she was being watched by a baby sitter and threw her into McDaniel Lake north of Springfield. Barber said the suspect's vehicle had been found but he declined to release further details.

The mother had called police early Wednesday after she and the baby sitter discovered the girl was missing.

In the meantime, deputies had been called to the reservoir by three fishermen who heard loud splashing and spotted the girl in the water. Two of the men dove in and rescued her. They told investigators a man was on the bridge and drove off when they jumped in after the girl.

Barber said investigators do not believe the suspect is the child's father but they also don't believe it was a random act.

McDaniel Lake, part of Springfield's water system, is about 40 feet deep around the bridge. Safety railings on either side of the bridge are about chest-height and about 15 feet above the water.


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