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Man charged in abduction of 8-year-old Texas girl
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Original Publication Date: May 19, 2019 6:10AM
Publication Updated: April 20, 2025 4:55PM
FORT WORTH, Texas – A man has been charged in the abduction of an 8-year-old girl who was snatched from a street in Fort Worth, Texas, as she walked with her mother.
Fort Worth police say the girl was found safe Sunday, about eight hours later, at a hotel in nearby Forest Hill.
Police say 51-year-old Michael Webb was arrested on an aggravated kidnapping charge. He is being held without bond.
Officer Buddy Calzada says a man grabbed the girl Saturday evening, and sped away with her in a car. Police released surveillance video of the car . Police found Webb and the girl at the hotel after witnesses reported seeing the car there.
She was taken to a hospital.
Online records don’t an attorney representing Webb who can speak on his behalf.
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