Girl, 12, Back Home; Ex-Marine Is Arrested
From Times Wire Reports
A 12-year-old British girl flew home to her relieved parents, and the former U.S. Marine she ran off with was arrested in Germany on charges of abduction.
Toby Studabaker, 31, and the schoolgirl he met on the Internet had evaded police since they left Britain on Saturday on a flight to Paris. Studabaker’s family in Michigan said he had thought the girl was 18 or 19.
Police said Studabaker had contacted the FBI before his arrest. The girl was already on her way home to Manchester when he was taken into custody.
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