TX - El Paso Sheriff: Kidnapping of 12-year-old girl 'act of terrible person"

The man suspected of the horrific crime, Carlos Antonio Holcombe, is a civilian Fort Bliss employee who has children of his own...

Holcombe, 43, was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of using a gun to kidnap a 12-year-old girl from a football scrimmage Friday night at Horizon High School, and then sexually assaulting her at a house. The girl was later dropped off outside a movie theater in far East El Paso where she ran to the first uniformed officer she saw.

"The selection of a victim was opportunistic," El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles said Monday. "But the situation was well-planned. He had a weapon, he had the duct tape, and he kept her blindfolded. "There were other things done after the crime to try to prevent us from tracing him."

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