WASHINGTON (AP) – An 11-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped from North Carolina cried out “Help me” when police officers in the U.S. capital found wedged between the driver’s and front passenger’s seat after the car she was in crashed, court documents showed.
The documents were released late Monday. They describe the police pursuit Sunday of the car allegedly driven by 36-year-old Curtis Atkinson Jr. of Charlotte, North Carolina. Atkinson is the uncle of 11-year-old girl Arieyana Forney. He is charged with killing his parents, who were Arieyana’s guardians, in North Carolina.
Police describe Atkinson leading them on a chase, which ended when the car rear-ended another vehicle in Washington.
Officers say the force of the collision was so great that the child, two adults and a dog were all thrown to the front seat.
Arieyana was taken to a hospital for evaluation.