Missing girl tells mother she is safe but doesn't reveal whereabouts

[MaineDem]

A 12-year-old British girl who disappeared with a former U.S. Marine told her mother in a phone call that she is safe, but didn't say where she is or talk about coming home, police said Wednesday.

Shevaun Pennington, of Lowton, near Manchester in northern England, spoke to her mother Joanna Pennington for several minutes late Tuesday and confirmed she was still with 31-year-old ex-Marine Toby Studabaker, police said.

There was no indication that Studabaker, from Constantine, Mich., was holding her against her will.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/197/world/Missing_girl_tells_mother_she_%3A.shtml

[Maeve]

1. Update--Studabaker arrested in Germany

LEIGH, England (CNN) -- The former U.S. Marine who ran away with a 12-year-old British girl he met on the Internet has been arrested in Germany, police say.

Manchester police said they had seized Toby Studabaker in Frankfurt on Wednesday. It was unclear if Shevaun Pennington, who went missing on Saturday, was with him but she spoke to her mother late Tuesday and said she was safe and still with the 31-year-old.
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/16/uk.girl.marine/index.html

[MaineDem]

2. Oh boy

Now I worry about where she might be.

Thanks for the update.

[ze_dscherman]

3. Shevaun 'safe and well in UK'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3071717.stm

[Maeve]

4. Good!

But, oh! what fools these mortals be!

[DoveTurnedHawk]

5. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=15969&mesg_id=15969&page=

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