Kidnapped girl, 12, escapes captivity and leads police to 2 dead bodies


A kidnapped 12-year-old girl who escaped captivity and was found walking on the side of a road in rural Alabama helped lead police to discover two decomposing bodies at the residence where she was held, authorities said on Tuesday.

Kidnapped girl, 12, escapes captivity and leads police to 2 dead bodies
Police responded to a 911 report on Monday before 8:30 a.m. from a driver who noticed a girl walking along a road in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said at a news conference. The girl’s escape sparked a kidnapping investigation over 24 hours that led to the residence of José Paulino Pascual-Reyes, Abbett said.

The search of his mobile home in Dadeville resulted in the discovery of two decomposing bodies, Abbett said.

Pascual-Reyes, 37, was arrested in Auburn, Ala., and charged with first-degree kidnapping, three counts of capital murder and two counts of abuse of corpse. He’s being held in Tallapoosa County Jail pending a bond hearing, police said. It’s unclear whether Pascual-Reyes has an attorney.

Court documents indicate that the girl had been tied to bed posts for nearly a week, and was assaulted and drugged with alcohol, according to WSFA in Montgomery, Ala. The girl, who has not been publicly identified, had not been reported missing, Abbett said. She managed to escape when she chewed through her restraints, according to the documents.

“She’s a hero,” Abbett said of the girl.


“It’s a fluid investigation,’’ the sheriff said, adding that authorities wouldn’t address whether the girl and man knew each other “until later.” “Things are changing, and I don’t want to jeopardize the identification of our juvenile.”

Authorities also declined to share information regarding the identification and cause of death for the two bodies found at Pascual-Reyes’s home in Dadeville, about 60 miles outside Montgomery. The remains were sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for autopsies and identification.

Tallapoosa County District Attorney Jeremy Duerr told reporters that more capital murder charges could come against Pascual-Reyes.

“Once we continue and finish our investigation, I feel certain that several more charges will follow,” he said.

More than 365,000 reports of missing youths were filed into the FBI’s National Crime Information Center in 2020, according to the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the leading clearinghouse of information about missing children in the United States, has noted that the figures show reports of missing children, not active cases, Reuters reported. As of Dec. 31, 2021, the FBI says that youths under age 18 account for about one-third of the more than 93,000 active missing-person cases.

Abbett said Pascual-Reyes had appeared to have lived in the mobile home since February. The sheriff said other people were at the home when authorities arrived but declined to share details.

“It’s horrendous to have a crime scene of this nature,’’ he said.

The sheriff praised the many agencies that helped in the arrest of Pascual-Reyes, including the FBI, the Tallapoosa County district attorney’s office, the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation and the Dadeville Police Department.

He also lauded the girl for her bravery in escaping captivity and pointing police toward Pascual-Reyes and the two decomposing bodies. The girl was “doing well” after receiving medical attention, the sheriff said.

“She’s safe and we want to keep her that way,” Abbett said.

Would like to know if dude is here legally. And also if the girl is.

He needs to be killed trying to escape.

Said she had been missing a week and hadnt been reported...

Evil is on the move all around us. Just this past week there was this and the story of that loony professor at that college in West Ga. that just shot the incoming freshman young lady n the parking deck for no reason. Every parents worst nightmare.

Well, he needs to suffer a bunch first

Yeah.. pitiful.. I can’t imagine

Supposedly, one of the two deceased had been decapitated.

Supposedly the victims were her Mom and brother

I’m interested to know the findings as the investigation goes on. Y’all help keep this thread posted.

I wonder if "Dad" might have possibly owed some bad people a lot of money or something of that nature??.........I'm assuming Pascuel-Reyes is Mexican

https://whnt.com/news/alabama-news/...d-girlfriend-and-her-young-son/DADEVILLE, Ala. (WRBL) – Horrific details continue unfolding in a real-life house of horrors investigation involving a boyfriend suspected of killing and dismembering his girlfriend and her son while holding her daughter hostage for more than a week before she escaped.

I'm afraid to go anyplace now so many wacko everywhere. Even in rural places that used to be safe☠

Crazy. Must still be working on getting some of the facts straight, looks like they took the story down.

He should suffer severely. Like someone else said I wonder if they all were here legally or not. Seems like every day now I’m seeing a story where some illegal has committed a horrendous crime on others. And the democrats and republicans in Washington just turn a blind eye to it 😬

This is a perfect example of the underground network that goes with the illegals that are in this country. They can't call the law like citizens can. They are prey and can be missing for a long time before anything can be done. They are at the mercy of criminals and pay a very heavy price. It's inhumane and it needs to stop. That's the angle that will shut the democrats and liberals down on the border crisis.

Every adult that was in the trailer should be eliminated.

Don't be afraid that's what they want.. go armed and prepared mentally

Agree with Ar - Don't give up your Freedom or Liberties Ever ! Remember that our Forefather's kicked Azz to give us the right - Live Hard and FREE - it"s All we have left !!! I'll never give up my Freedom or my Right's !!