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"Woman convicted in Penn. school abduction, assault" Associated Press September 13, 2014
PHILADELPHIA — A former day-care worker was convicted Friday of abducting a 5-year-old girl from her school classroom and sexually assaulting her during a 19-hour ordeal.
Christina Regusters, 21, donned a Muslim dress and veil to impersonate the girl’s mother and take her from Bryant Elementary School in January 2013, then posed as three different people to trick the blindfolded child. The girl was found half-naked the next morning at a playground.
Regusters, who is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 15, was convicted of all counts, including kidnapping, aggravated assault, and indecent deviate sexual intercourse. She turned down a plea that would have put her behind bars for 40 years to 80 years, according to her attorney.
The child said she was blindfolded and stashed under a bed for most of her captivity. But she recalled hearing a talking bird, a detail that helped police close in on a suspect.
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