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Missing Girl: Carlie Brucia Has Been Missing Since Sunday

Aired February 04, 2004 - 05:42   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: In Florida, police looking for a missing 11-year-old girl says it appears her abduction was planned. A police official says surveillance video indicates her abductor -- and I'm quoting here -- "had every intent on confronting her."
Our John Zarrella has more on the search for Carlie Brucia.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eleven-year-old Carlie Brucia was less than half a mile from her home Sunday evening when police say she was taken by a stranger as she walked behind this car wash in Sarasota, Florida.

MAJ. KEVIN GOODING, SARASOTA CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: We will stop at nothing. We will not stop until we find you. And if you can, Carlie, please call or run for help. But most of all, Carlie, do not give up.

ZARRELLA: Family members say they are sure the abductor is no one they or Carlie knew. They are sure because this motion activated surveillance camera at the car wash captured what happened. A white man in his 20s or 30s approached the sixth grader, exchanged a few words, then took her by the forearm and led her away.

For Carlie's family, the emotional torture mounts with each passing hour.

SUSAN SCHORPEN, CARLIE'S MOM: I love you. I need her home. I'm begging and pleading, please help me bring my daughter home.

ZARRELLA: Police and family members are praising car wash owner Mike Evanoff. After talking with police Monday morning about a missing girl in the area, Evanoff decided to check his camera recordings and there it was.

MIKE EVANOFF, OWNER, EVIE'S CAR WASH: And I just came in and saw her walking and him walking and it just right away right when I saw it, it just threw chills and -- chills and shivers right in my body.

ZARRELLA: A driving range next to the car wash was open Sunday evening. Police are hoping someone there might have heard or seen something that will help.

(on camera): The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has enhanced the video and it shows the man who took Carlie has tattoos on each arm. The FBI and NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, are being called in to do further enhancements.

John Zarrella, CNN, Sarasota, Florida.

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Aired February 4, 2004 - 05:42   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: In Florida, police looking for a missing 11-year-old girl says it appears her abduction was planned. A police official says surveillance video indicates her abductor -- and I'm quoting here -- "had every intent on confronting her."
Our John Zarrella has more on the search for Carlie Brucia.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eleven-year-old Carlie Brucia was less than half a mile from her home Sunday evening when police say she was taken by a stranger as she walked behind this car wash in Sarasota, Florida.

MAJ. KEVIN GOODING, SARASOTA CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: We will stop at nothing. We will not stop until we find you. And if you can, Carlie, please call or run for help. But most of all, Carlie, do not give up.

ZARRELLA: Family members say they are sure the abductor is no one they or Carlie knew. They are sure because this motion activated surveillance camera at the car wash captured what happened. A white man in his 20s or 30s approached the sixth grader, exchanged a few words, then took her by the forearm and led her away.

For Carlie's family, the emotional torture mounts with each passing hour.

SUSAN SCHORPEN, CARLIE'S MOM: I love you. I need her home. I'm begging and pleading, please help me bring my daughter home.

ZARRELLA: Police and family members are praising car wash owner Mike Evanoff. After talking with police Monday morning about a missing girl in the area, Evanoff decided to check his camera recordings and there it was.

MIKE EVANOFF, OWNER, EVIE'S CAR WASH: And I just came in and saw her walking and him walking and it just right away right when I saw it, it just threw chills and -- chills and shivers right in my body.

ZARRELLA: A driving range next to the car wash was open Sunday evening. Police are hoping someone there might have heard or seen something that will help.

(on camera): The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has enhanced the video and it shows the man who took Carlie has tattoos on each arm. The FBI and NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, are being called in to do further enhancements.

John Zarrella, CNN, Sarasota, Florida.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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