Twelve days ago, from the Arch Mall parking lot, sixteen-year-old Patricia Sue Waterman of Minneapolis was abducted.
Eyewitness accounts from the five friends she was with indicate the abduction vehicle is a blue Chevy Astro minivan. The suspect wore all-black clothing, including a face mark. Height was between five-six and five-eight, and weight was around one fifty.
"We were going to Glitzy," one of her friends said to me, sniffling and wiping away tears. "Then this guy just came up, ran out, and smacked her."
"Did anyone try running?" I asked.
She shook her head. "It all happened so fast. God, it was over in like ten seconds."
A call in with Minneapolis VCU Investigator Simon Templeton indicated that stranger abductions of this nature are rare, and an Amber Alert has been issued. They have no suspects so far, but they're checking all of the known registered sex offenders.
Signed, Dexter L Grant - AKA The Twin Cities Crime Blogger
For more information on this abduction, please check out the novel Beholder's Eye.
