LOUISIANA
The Times-Picayune
By Rebecca Catalanello, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on April 04, 2014
The girl rose from the ditch like an animal in headlights.
In 32 years, Ralph and Elizabeth Jordan haven’t forgotten the sight.
“We just saw a kid,” Elizabeth Jordan remembers. “I thought if she was desperate enough to come out of the ditch, something was wrong.”
Ralph slowed his green van along Highway 9 in Arcadia, La. The couple’s two young daughters were in the back seat. Elizabeth cracked her door to speak to the girl. Without asking, the girl climbed in.
“Take me to the sheriff’s office,” she begged as she crawled over Elizabeth. “Take me to the sheriff’s office!”
As the Jordans discussed what to do, a car passed them on Highway 9, then slowed and pulled across the road to block them. Four or five men jumped out, according to a story in The Times-Picayune from the time.
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