Have you all heard about this story in Florida? Pretty freaky. Abduction Caught on Tape SARASOTA, Fla. - A drug felon was being questioned Wednesday in the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl who was apparently kidnapped while walking home from a friend's house, authorities said. The girl's whereabouts were not immediately known. Joseph P. Smith, 37, has been in custody since Tuesday on unrelated charges that officials did not specify. His car, a Buick Century station wagon, was being combed by investigators for any clues in the disappearance of Carlie Brucia, whose apparent abduction Sunday evening was captured by a car wash surveillance camera. "We have strong evidence that he is in fact the perpetrator," said Capt. Jeff Bell, the lead Sarasota County sheriff's investigator on the case. Col. Terry Lewis called it an "ongoing, dynamic investigation." He said his investigative team will continue working through the night, but would not have further comment until a press briefing Thursday morning. Sheriff Bill Balkwill said investigators were led to Smith after a tip was phoned in by a citizen. Meanwhile, a private investigator hired by the girl's family said late Wednesday that he had a "possible lead" to her wherabouts based on an anonymous tip. "I've just contacted the family and given them that information. Carlie's stepfather is en route now to some type of crime scene," investigator Chuck Chambers said. The family could not immediately be reached, but sheriff's deputies denied that any crime scene existed. Smith has been arrested at least 13 times in Florida since 1993, according to state records. He was arrested in 1997 by Manatee County officials on kidnapping and false imprisonment charges, but was acquitted a year later, records show. Other arrests range from misdemeanor battery to felony drug possession charges, records show, with Smith placed on probation for cocaine possession last March. Surveillance video footage of Brucia's apparent abduction showed a man in his late 20s or early 30s in a mechanic's shirt with a name patch on one lapel. Investigators said he also had tattoos on both forearms. Smith has many tattoos on his body, including on both arms, officials said. From the photos, Carlie did not appear to know him, and the girl's parents said they did not recognize him. The FBI (news - web sites) worked with a NASA (news - web sites) image lab to enhance the images. Balkwill did not say whether those enhanced images helped lead them to Smith. "I think it's helping them out quite a bit and giving them details they need to solve this case," said Armando Oliu, who is overseeing the image lab. Friends from the girl's former Girl Scout troop took a day off from school Wednesday to pass out fliers at malls, canvass neighborhoods and distribute pink ribbons adorned with Carlie's name. "I don't feel too good about this, knowing my best friend is out there with a stranger," said Tiffany Meeks. Many people pulled up to the site of the abduction, rolled down the windows of their cars and asked deputies how they could help. Officials were creating "a database of volunteer support" to try to locate the girl. The girl's father, Joe Brucia, looked exhausted when he appeared on national television Wednesday morning. "I'm doing OK. I have to be for Carlie's sake," he said on ABC's "Good Morning America." "I always have hope. I maintain that. I have to. I look forward to my daughter's safe return." VIDEO
All the pious repressed sex nuts are too busy trying to make a mountain out of Janet Jackson's breasts and getting airtime for themselves for us to pay attention to this. The freaky story I watched last week was Murder on a Sunday Morning. Florida just generates freaky stories.
woofer...seriously, what a dumb post. yeah...those who had concerns about soft-core p*rn during the super bowl halftime show don't give a damn about 11 year old kids getting kidnapped. maybe if we had more p*rn out there, less kids would be kidnapped. there's clearly not enough sex being sold in our society...what a freaking joke.
Not to belabor the point, but this kind of stuff belongs in D&D (if anywhere), not here. I find it worrisome that they have their suspect but still haven't found the girl. That's not a promising sequence, I don't think.
They found the girls remains. http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/06/missing.girl/index.html I hope they fry that b*stard.
Besides the act itself, the worst part about this is he had three little girls of his own. Yet, he still had no problem going out and destroying some other girl and her family. That is just plain sick and evil. I hope he rots in hell. I kind of wish the girl would have put up a fight rather than just be escorted to her death. Scream, yell, kick, resist...but don't go that easily with someone you don't know. He must have said something to really scare her. I guess I would ask this pitiful excuse of a human being how he would feel if someone did what he did to one of his daughters. If he really has no conscience, then he would probably shrug it off with a twelve pack. As long as it is proven it was him(which the proof already seems to be inconclusive that he did it), I would gladly shoot him myself. Of course, I would make sure he suffers before the final blow. The sad part is he will probably live for many more years before justice is done. I'm guessing Florida has the death penalty. ROT YOU MONSTER!!! HOW ANYONE COULD ABDUCT AND KILL AN INNOCENT YOUNG GIRL IS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION. I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM IT. I GUESS I'M ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS...THANK GOD. Surf
I hope that guy what he deserves...I still can't comprehend how people take innocent lives... I pray for the family to have the strength to get through it...
Ugh!!! I meant to say the proof seems conclusive...not inconclusive. I know...I need to get to the tip jar so I can edit.
Whether he gets death or life in prison, I hope that Sick piece of sh*t's time behind bars is filled with many ass kickings and anal rapings.
The scariest thing is that this psycho has been arrested THIRTEEN TIMES since 1993 (including another kidnapping in '97 that he was acquitted from a year later).
