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A WARNING FOR
PARENTS IN THE
RIVERTON
NEIGHBORHOOD OF
PORTLAND TONIGHT.
POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING AN
ALLEGED ***
ASSAULT INVOLVING
A THREE YEAR OLD
GIRL.
WMTW NEWS 8'S
JIM KEITHLEY IS LIVE
AT PORTLAND POLICE
HEADQUARTERS
TONIGHT WITH THE
DETAILS.
POLICE ARE ASKING
FOR THE PUBLIC'S
HELP IN TRACKING
DOWN THE SUSPECT.
MEANWHILE THE
DOWN THE SUSPECT.
MEANWHILE THE
MOTHER TOLD US THE
STORY = AND WE'RE
CONCEALING HER
IDENTITY BECAUSE OF
THE NATURE OF THIS
CRIME AND TO
PROTECT THE VICTIM
- A THREE YEAR OLD
GIRL.
A TYPICAL SATURDAY
AFTERNOON -
CHILDREN PLAYING
ON THEIR SCOOTERS -
JUST FEET AWAY
FROM THEIR FRONT
DOOR - A YOUNG
MOTHER SAYS
SOMEONE
APPROACHED A
GROUP OF CHILDREN,
INCLUDING HER TWO
DAUGHTERS,
"Someone had came
up to my older
daughter and asked her
to go in the woods with
him and she ran off.
MOM SAYS HER 8
YEAR OLD DAUGHTER,
FORGOT ABOUT HER
YOUNGER SISTER
WHEN SHE RAN HOME
AND THAT'S WHEN
MOM SAYS THE
PERSON FOCUSED IN
ON HER THREE YEAR
OLD.
"Someone had came
out of the woods and
grabbed her and took
her into the woods and
made her lay down and
took all of her clothes
off her."
"He tried to do
something to her and
she screamed and
cried and he ran
away."
THE MOTHER SAYS
THE PERSON WAS
HIDING IN A WOODED
AREA, NEAR A
DUMPSTER AND OUT
OF VIEW OF ANY
ADULT.
"I want to tell the
story because of all the
other kids in the
neighborhood and I
don't want this to
happen to someone
else and they have to
live this nightmare that
we're living. I just want
them to be aware that
there is somebody out
there that is hurting
little kids."
POLICE SAY THEY
ARE INVESTIGATING.
THEY'RE FOLLOWING
UP ON LEADS AND
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
FROM ANYONE WHO
MIGHT HAVE ANY
INFORMATION IN THIS
CASE.
THE MOTHER SAYS
THE INCIDENT HAS
LEFT A MARK ON HER
PRECIOUS CHILD.
"She can't play
outside anymore. She
looks at a bush and
she's scared to death."
"She's devastated, she
can't sleep her
innocence is taken
away, while this
person is probably
living like nothing
happened."
MOM SAYS SHE'S
PROUD OF HER
DAUGHTHER - SAYING
SHE DID THE RIGHT
THING.
"I've always told my
kids if something
happened, to scream
first, and I'm so
thankful that she did
that. That she
screamed and scared
him."
IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION THAT
CAN HELP IN THE
CASE... YOU'RE ASKED
TO CALL PORTLAND
POLICE.
LIVE IN PORTLAND
JIM KEITHLEY WMTW
NEWS 8.