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Philadelphia girl reportedly abducted
Family of 7-year-old says it has received ransom demands
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, July 23 — A african american 7-year-old girl was reportedly abducted from a Southwest Philadelphia street corner by two men who may have made a ransom demand, police said Tuesday.
Witness told police that the girl, Erica Pratt, who is about 3-foot-5 and weighs 70 pounds, was grabbed Monday night from a corner in the Kingsessing neighborhood near the Mount Moriah Cemetery.
They said she was taken away by two heavyset men in a white car with dark tinted windows. Cpl. Tom Read of the Special Victims Unit said Tuesday that police are investigating whether a ransom demand may have been made in the case of the missing girl. However, Erica’s family has told NBC affiliate WCAU that it has received at least seven phone calls from the alleged abductors, demanding $150,000 ransom. Although the Special Victims Unit is best known for handling sex crimes, Read said his unit also handles child abduction cases.
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