Girl stabbed and kidnapped in Baltimore basement, suspect arrested

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 2 Nov, 10:58 · Archive

A 15-year-old girl escaped a Baltimore basement after being stabbed by her alleged kidnapper, a 23-year-old man who had entered the United States illegally.

A 15-year-old girl was kidnapped and stabbed in a Baltimore basement on 22 October. Abubakarr Barrie, 23, allegedly picked her up on McCulloh Street, telling her they were heading to a restaurant. When she questioned the direction, he allegedly restrained her with an arm around her neck and forced her out of the vehicle towards a property at 3705 Garrison Boulevard.

Once inside a room in the basement, Barrie allegedly ordered her to put down her phone and not scream. Charging documents describe a violent struggle in which he allegedly stabbed her repeatedly across her body. The girl sustained injuries to her chest, ear, shoulder, back and ribs, including a collapsed lung.

Surveillance footage from the homeowner's cameras captured the girl fleeing the property at 8.52pm, 43 minutes after arriving. The homeowner told Fox45 he saw her bolt from the door and run. Police found her about a mile away. Barrie, a Sierra Leone native, entered the US illegally in 2023 and was released into the community after being arrested by Border Patrol, according to the Department of Homeland Security. He was arrested by the New York Police Department months before the incident for possession of a forged instrument, but New York officials did not honour an ICE detainer.

How it is being reported

• Heart-stopping moment girl flees home after being allegedly kidnapped, stabbed by Maryland cabbie who entered US illegally under BidenHeart-stopping recently released surveillance video shows a teen girl fleeing her alleged kidnapper after being repeatedly stabbed by him – and it’s since emerged he entered the US illegally during the Biden administration and was arrested by the NYPD just months before the “heinous crime.”New York Post · 2 Nov, 10:40
• Excruciating moment kidnapped young girl, 15, flees basement where illegal migrant freed under Biden attacked and stabbed herSuspect Abubakarr Barrie, 23, had previously been released into the US after crossing the southern border under the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.Daily Mail · 1 Nov, 21:01

In this story: Abubakarr Barrie · Baltimore · Sierra Leone · Department of Homeland Security

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