Police searching for man accused of sexually assaulting 5-year-old girl

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County police are looking for a man they say abducted and sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl.

Investigators said the girl was found wandering alone around 4:30 p.m. at the Value Mall on Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain.

The child told police she had been picked up by a man at the Clifton Glen Apartments and was later dropped off at Value Mall.

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She was taken to a nearby hospital to be checked out and that’s when police learned about the abuse.

While officers were out with the child, the police department got a call from the girl’s mother saying the child was missing. The girl’s 8-year-old brother called the mother to tell him his sister was missing.

Police went to the Clifton Glen Apartments to talk to neighbors and were able to come up with a description of the suspect.

The man is described as a light-skinned black man in his early 20s with long red hair tied into a ponytail. He also has a long beard.

He is believed to be in an early 2000s model gray Hyundai hatchback.

Anyone with information about the suspect or the incident is asked to call DeKalb County police at 770-724-7850.

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