A 22-year-old man has been arrested in the abduction and assault of a 6-year-old girl in Kensington on Thursday, police said today.
Her mother called police and officers were on their way to the house, the girl arrived and reported she had been sexually assaulted, according to a timeline provided by police.
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She told police the man approached her inside the store, said he knew her relatives and walked out of the store with her, police said.
He took her to a nearby property on E Street and sexually assaulted her, police said.
Acting on the tip, police arrested Turner at his home at 6:25 p.m.
Here is a timeline provided by police:
2:45 p.m. – The victim leaves her house for the market to buy an afternoon snack.
3:00 p.m. – The victim’s mother realizes that her daughter should have returned home. She checks the corner store where she was supposed to be and cannot locate her daughter.
3:10 p.m. – The victim’s mother calls 911 to report her daughter missing.
3:15 p.m. – The victim returns home and informs her mother that she had been abducted and sexually assaulted.
3:20 p.m. – Police are dispatched to the victim’s home and begin the investigation.
3:45 p.m. – 25th District officers notify the Special Victims Unit and investigators are dispatched.
4:20 p.m. – Officers interview the store owners and view surveillance video.
5:15 p.m. – A photo of a male fitting the description of the offender is discovered by investigators.
5:50 p.m. – SVU investigators send the photo to the Public Affairs Unit.
6:10 p.m. – The photo is released to the public via the news media.
6:20 p.m. – A concerned Philadelphian recognizes this dangerous offender and directs police to his residence.
6:25 p.m. – Marcise Turner is arrested by 26th District officers.
Police credited the use of surveillance photo and a tip from a citizen who saw it in leading to the speedy arrest of Marcise Turner, of the 2000 block of East Huntingdon Street.
The girl disappeared after walking from her home on Rorer Street near Tioga to a store at Tioga and E Streets about 2:45 p.m.
