Jurors find Florida man guilty of abducting, killing 11-year-old

Friday, November 18, 2005

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The grainy images captured by a car wash's security camera were chilling: a burly, tattooed man in a mechanic's uniform grabs the wrist of an 11-year-old girl walking home from a friend's house and leads her away. Carlie Brucia's half-naked body turned up several days later outside a church.

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