Michigan gas station clerk saves teen from alleged kidnapper after she whispers ‘help’
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- A 16-year-old girl was kidnapped at gunpoint on her way to school in Hamtramck, Michigan, but was saved after she mouthed "help" to a gasoline station clerk, Abdulrahman Abohatem, who intervened and confronted the kidnapper.
- The suspect, Donald Fields, a 48-year-old registered sex offender, was arrested at the Sunoco station after police were alerted by the victim's fellow students who tracked her cellphone location.
- Fields faces multiple charges including criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, illicit gun possession, felonious assault, and being a habitual offender, and was held without bond.
- Authorities and community leaders praised the quick actions of the victim, her peers, and Abohatem, calling the rescue heroic and a testament to community vigilance.
- Abohatem received support from his local Yemeni American community and expressed that saving the girl, who he emphasized was a child, felt good.
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