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Newstalk ZB Police are investigating the
abduction of a 13 year-old girl in Taupo. She was taken from her bedroom at
the family's home in Terence Street on Monday night. The girl was then placed
in a dark-coloured four door vehicle with a loud exhaust, and driven to John
Street where she managed to escape. Detective Ross Bagley says there
were three offenders aged between 16 and 20 years-old. He says one of them has
a patchy haircut, indicating that it was perhaps a "rough job" done
at home. Stuff Police are hunting three men who
allegedly abducted a 13-year-old girl from her Taupo home. Detective Rick Bagley of Taupo
police said the girl, who had been with family members at her Terence St
house, was forced into vehicle about 9.30pm on Monday. She was driven to John St nearby,
where she managed to escape her captors, he said. The alleged abductors were aged
between 16 and 20. Two were Maori or Polynesian and one was Caucasian. One of the dark skinned men was
described as tall with black hair with blond patches on the back of his head. The vehicle was described as a
dark, with four doors and a loud exhaust. Police wanted to speak to anyone
who had any information about the offenders or the vehicle or had seen any
suspicious behaviour in Terence St at the time. Any information would be treated
in the strictest confidence, Mr Bagley said. The Dominion Post A girl, 13, escaped from her
teenage captors after being abducted from her home in Terence St, Taupo, on
Monday night. The girl was driven to John St in a four-door dark-coloured
vehicle with a loud exhaust. Police are looking for three men aged between 16
and 20, one European and the others Maori or Polynesian Rotorua Daily Post A Taupo teenage girl is still
shaken after being snatched from her bedroom while at home with her parents
and shoved in a car with three men. The terrified 13-year-old managed
to escape from her kidnappers about 300m down the road and run for help. The
abduction has stunned Taupo police who have turned to the public to catch the
offenders. Detective Rick Bagley of the Taupo
police said it was only luck the girl managed to jump out of the car and run
away when it slowed down. The abduction happened on Monday
about 9.30pm. The girl was downstairs in her bedroom at her Terence St house
while her parents were upstairs. A man, believed to be on his own,
went into the house and grabbed the girl without her other family members
seeing. Mr Bagley said the girl was put in a waiting vehicle with two others
and driven to John St where she escaped. She ran from the car screaming for
help and the car drove off. She then ran home and police were called. The vehicle is described as a
four-door, dark coloured vehicle with a loud exhaust. The offenders are
described as three men, one Caucasian and two Maori or Polynesians aged 16 to
20. One of the Polynesian or Maori men is described as being tall with black
hair with blond patches on the back of his head. Mr Bagley said the teenager was
still too shaken to talk about her ordeal publicly. "We have no idea
what the motive was. If we have got someone going into people's homes and
doing this then obviously we have got a huge concern." Mr Bagley said
police wanted to speak to anyone with information or who saw people acting
suspiciously in Terence St. Information can be passed on in confidence to
police by calling (07) 377 6060. NZ Herald A teenage girl is still shaken
after being snatched from her bedroom while at home with her parents and
shoved in a car with three men. The terrified 13-year-old from
Taupo managed to escape from her kidnappers about 300m down the road and run
screaming for help. The abduction has stunned Taupo
police who have turned to the public for help in catching the offenders. Detective Rick Bagley said it was
only luck that the girl managed to jump out of the car and run away when it
slowed down. The abduction happened on Monday
about 9.30pm. The girl was downstairs in her bedroom at her Terence St house
while her parents were upstairs. A man, believed to be on his own, went into
the house and grabbed the girl without other family members seeing. Mr Bagley said the girl was put in
a waiting vehicle with two others and driven to John St, where she escaped. The vehicle is described as a
four-door, dark-coloured vehicle with a loud exhaust. The offenders are
described as three men, one European and two Maori or Pacific Islanders, aged
16 to 20. One of the Polynesians is
described as being tall with black hair with blond patches on the back of his
head. Information can be passed to Taupo
police by calling (07) 377-6060. Waikato Times Taupo police are still hunting
three men who abducted a 13-year-old girl from her home at 9.30pm on Monday. Detective Rick Bagley said the
girl's bedroom was in the lower storey of a two-storey home in Terence St. The girl was grabbed from behind
after going to close the front door which she noticed was slightly open. She was then put into a waiting
four-door, dark-coloured vehicle with a loud exhaust. She managed to escape on John St,
about 300m from her home, after the offender's car slowed. "The vehicle has then taken
off and she's run down John St yelling for help." The victim's father, brother and
sister were upstairs at the time of the abduction. Mr Bagley said it was of serious
concern that this kind of "unusual crime for Taupo" had happened. The victim, whose family was new
to Taupo, was still distraught by the incident, he said. The three offenders are described
as a Caucasian and two Maori or Polynesian men aged between 16 and 20
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