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I saw this right before I went to bed last night - that the girl was missing and on this cool rainy morning decided to bake a little and didn't turn any media on till now - and the girl was found (alive, thankfully, although she has a broken neck so she needs a lot of prayers and healing energy sent her way!) and they already have a suspect - a coach at her school!!!!
Freeburg High School assistant coach charged in attempted murder, abduction of Millstadt girl
News-Democrat
After lying 30 hours in dense woods in Citizens Park in Belleville, a 17-year-old critically injured girl was found at 2 a.m. Saturday and rushed to a St. Louis Hospital.
St. Clair County Sheriff Mearl Justus said Ashley Reeves, of Millstadt, is in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital. Reeves suffered a broken neck in the attack, according to charges filed Saturday.
Samson R. Shelton, 26, a driver's education teacher and assistant baseball coach at Freeburg High School, is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping.
He is being held at the County Jail with bail set at $1 million.
Investigator Steve Johnson said that when Reeves was discovered in Citizen's Park across from Valhalla Cemetery, chainsaws had to be used to clear a path for ambulance personnel carrying a stretcher.
Through information stemming from their probe, sheriff's investigators Mike Hundelt and Dan Stockett located Reeves, who is believed to have been at the area where she was found for at least 30 hours. Johnson said that as the victim was being evacuated, he did not know whether she was alive or dead.
According to the charges, Shelton "knowingly used his forearm with such force as to break the neck of Ashley Reeves..." and "knowingly used his belt to strangle Ashley Reeves."
Two vehicles have been recovered and are being tested for evidence.
Justus said that the suspect had a "relationship" with the victim, but would not elaborate.
Ashley Reeves was last seen when she left her home about 3:30 p.m. Thursday for a job interview in Belleville. Her parents reported her missing late Thursday.
A sheriff's deputy found the car she was last seen in at Laderman Park in Belleville at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/14456963.htm