A shocking video from Tuesday showed an 11-year-old girl bravely fighting off a man who was trying to kidnap her at a school bus stop in Escambia County, Florida. Now Alyssa Bonal is speaking out about what was going through her mind at the time and what she remembered about the suspect, identified as 30-year-old Jared Paul Stanga. The post ‘Hero’ 11-Year-Old Girl Speaks Out After Fighting Off Brazen Attempted Kidnapper Who Was ‘Caught.
As Alyssa Bonal fought the strange man who had just grabbed her by the throat, threatened her with a knife and dragged her toward his van, she had the presence of mind to get as much of the blue slime she had been playing with on him as possible, so police could identify him.
Florida girl purposely got blue slime on would-be kidnapperâs arms
The 11-year-old Pensacola girl said she learned the importance of evidence from her favorite TV show, âLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.â
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Jared Paul Stanga, 30, is charged with attempted kidnapping and aggravated assault on an 11-year-old girl in Pensacola on Tuesday. [ AP ]
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PENSACOLA â As Alyssa Bonal fought the strange man who had just grabbed her by the throat, threatened her with a knife and dragged her toward his van, she had the presence of mind to get as much of the blue slime she had been playing with on him as possible, so police could identify him.
Alyssa added:
‘He had a knife in his hand. I tried running off but he grabbed me. He took me with his arm and I was able to get him down to the ground and I was able to get away.’
Her neighbor’s door was open so she ran to his house.
‘She comes running around the corner toward me hollering my name and some guy was trying to get her,’
Douglass Rudolph told WKRG.
Pictured, Alyssa Bonal Florida 11 year old girl who staved off would be abductor with mother, Amber Bonal.
Man first approached her two weeks earlier while waiting at bus stop
Police have released home surveillance video of the frightening scene, which occurred at a school bus stop around 7 a.m. on Tuesday. A white vehicle is seen driving up to a nearby corner and then a man jumps out and starts to charge at Alyssa, who was waiting for her school bus. The man got out of his vehicle holding a knife, came towards me and I tried to run, but he caught me, she said.
The man is seen trying to drag her back toward the car, but she fights back and both fall to the ground. The man then fled to the vehicle and sped away.