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Phila. police looking for man in assault of girl, 12

Special Victims Unit investigators are searching for a suspect in the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl Tuesday in the Franklinville section of the city.

Special Victims Unit investigators are searching for a suspect in the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl Tuesday in the Franklinville section of the city.

The girl was kidnapped from the 3700 block of Lawrence Street around 8 a.m., police said. Her abductor was described as a Latino male in his 30s with a short beard, light complexion, wearing a tan-sweater jacket and driving a burgundy sedan with tinted windows.

After picking up the little girl, the man drove her to the area around the 4600 block of North Seventh Street in Hunting Park, police said.

There, he sexually assaulted her, before driving her back and releasing her, police said.

Police are asking anyone with information on this crime to call the Special Victims Unit at 215-685-3260.

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