Suspect Charged After Girl Helps Find Man in Car Trunk

Suspect Charged After Girl Helps Find Man in Car Trunk
People walk by a police car in downtown in Newark, New Jersey. on May 13, 2014. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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IRVINGTON, N.J.—A suspect has been charged with robbery and kidnapping a day after a girl walking her dog heard a man screaming from the trunk of a car and helped rescue him.

Kayla Rose, 17, was walking her dog before going to school on March 7 when she heard “knocking and scratching” coming from the trunk of a black Nissan parked on her block.