An 11-year-old Florida girl seen on viral video fending off a man who allegedly tried to kidnap her from a bus stop earlier this week has credited toy slime and "Law & Order: SVU" with helping to catch the suspect.
The girl detailed her quick thinking in an interview with the "Today" show on Thursday.
"The man got out of his vehicle holding a knife, came towards me and I tried to run but he caught me," the girl told the outlet.
Video shared by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday shows the girl waiting alone for a school bus in West Pensacola at around 7 a.m. that morning when a white SUV pulls up. A man can be seen jumping out and charging at the girl, who tries to run.
After a brief struggle, the suspect is seen leaving the girl and running back to his vehicle.
At the time the suspect charged her, the girl said she had been playing with homemade blue slime – something she knew she could use as evidence thanks to her favorite TV show, "Law & Order: SVU."
"I was able to get the slime onto his upper arm and a little bit on his lower arm," she said. "I knew that might be better evidence if the cops do find him."
Escambia County Sheriff Chip W. Simmons had told reporters at a press conference Tuesday night that the suspect was found with the slime still on his arms.
"The victim at the time of the attempted abduction was playing with blue slime as a toy," Simmons said. "She had blue slime and it was all on her hands. The suspect when we caught him had blue slime all over his own arms."
But it was more than just a TV show and toy slime that helped save the girl, according to Tampa-based martial arts instructor Anthony Kuntz, who told FOX13 Tampa that by fighting back the 11-year-old had "bought enough time to save herself."
"She was such a hard target that this person became afraid, he understood there was a time constraint to be able to take this little girl, so he had to leave," he said.
The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Jared Paul Stanga, was arrested Tuesday afternoon. He was charged with attempted kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated assault and battery.
Stanga appeared Wednesday in court, where a judge ordered his bond set at just over $1.5 million.
(Video) Florida girl, 11, fights off kidnapper; purposely puts evidence on his arms.
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Thats scary to hear about. But, when you see it......
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This guy is going to be REAL POPULAR in prison.
$1.5 million bail for this degenerate??
How about NO BAIL?!?!Opus Thanks this. -
i could start a "go fund me page" for his removal from the human race,,,,,,,
but then again, maybe a couple of cartons of cigs, i hear, go a LOOOONG way in prison. -
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This girl would have been raped, murdered, and put in a shallow grave had she not fought back. Or she would have been sex-trafficked in satanic pedophile rings that service billionaire elites, Hollywood sickos, and demon-possessed politicians.
Local reports say that the girl had a disturbing encounter with the perp a few days prior. She told her teacher who told the principal. The principal notified the mom, but no one notified law enforcement!buddyd157 Thanks this. -
Punk b####! Hope he ends up in general population.
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