Illegal immigrant accused of kidnapping 12-year-old girl, holding her hostage after previous deportation

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A man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl and holding her hostage — as well as murdering three others — is a previously deported illegal alien who entered the US without permission, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed this week.

The 12-year-old girl escaped the mobile home of 37-year-old Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes on Monday. Police in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, responded to a 911 call from a driver who found the girl walking alone alongside a road in Dadeville, Alabama, The Daily Wire reported.

Court documents show the girl had been assaulted, drugged with alcohol, and tied to a bed post for nearly a week before escaping. Authorities also discovered two corpses at the scene.

“It’s horrendous to have a crime scene of this nature and also a 12-year-old juvenile to deal with this horrendous situation,” Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said Tuesday.

In a statement given to Daily Caller News Foundation, an ICE spokesperson confirmed that Pascual-Reyes was previously deported in 2014.

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