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Second man still sought in Delta kidnap attempt
DELTA — Delta police are still seeking a man who wore a green ski mask when he tried to kidnap an 11-year-old girl in Delta Monday afternoon.
Grand Junction police arrested Rhys Tudor, 61, who was driving a white Ford Focus that he and the masked allegedly fled in. The car’s Colorado license plate contains the letters FOL or FDL. The car, which has a gray interior with a large rip in the rear seat, has not been located. Anyone with information on the masked man or the car should call Delta Police at 874-7676.
The arrest affidavit for Tudor revealed more details about the attempted abduction. Contrary to reports from the Delta Police Department, the girl did not fight off the men in her back yard, but after she was dragged into the car.
In the affidavit, the girl was quoted as saying that when she was playing in her back yard on Howard Avenue, a dirty white car pulled into the alley and one of the men got out. He grabbed her by her neck, held his hand over her mouth and dragged her into the car, telling to hold still. He put her in the back of the car, which was when the girl fought the man and ran to the Delta County Courthouse.
The man the police are still seeking was described as having “bad dark skin,” wearing a short-sleeved green shirt with a skull and snake on the front. He was wearing royal blue baggy pants and black boots and had on leather half-finger gloves, according the arrest affidavit. The girl also stated he was missing his front tooth left of center and had a silver ring on his left hand. She told police she heard Tudor call him “Jerry.”
Delta police also reported the suspect possibly had dark blond hair, hazel eyes and spoke in a deep voice with a Southern accent.
Police spokesman Bill Sowell said he received information that the men had been in the Grand Junction area since after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005.
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