Man Suspected Of Kidnapping And Assaulting 10-Year-Old Girl Found In Mexico, Sources Say

A suspect in the Northbridge kidnapping case has been apprehended in Mexico, according to law enforcement officials as reported by the Los Angeles Times. 

Tobias Dustin Summers, 32, is suspected of kidnapping and assaulting a 10-year-old girl from Northbridge.

And while only few details regarding the case have been released, it is known that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Los Angeles police have been monitoring the suspect's presence south of the border for several weeks.

Summers was charged with kidnapping, first-degree burglary and 36 counts of assault in his absence, the Los Angeles Country district attorney's office said.

Multiple life prison terms could result if Summers is convicted.

The suspect allegedly entered the young girl's home and used a knife to abduct her on March 27. Summers is also being charged with taking nude photos of the girl, as well as committing numerous sexual acts on her.

There is some speculation that the acts started as a burglary, sources say as reported by the Los Angeles Times.

The girl's mother discovered that her child was missing at 3:40 a.m. after hearing a strange sound and was found about 12 hours later in Woodland Hills parking lot, battered and bruised.

Authorities identified Summers as a suspect in the case just days later and discovered that he has an extensive criminal record, including stolen property, grand theft, petty theft, possession of an explosive and presenting false identification to police.

There is also a second suspect in the case, Daniel Martinez, 30, who plead not guilty to kidnapping and burglary. If Martinez is convicted, he could face up to 12 years in prison.

But while authorities do not believe Martinez participated in the assault or initiated the kidnapping, they do think that he waited outside the girl's home in a car before driving a short distance and then leaving---according to investigators and prosecutors.

Martinez was also found to have a criminal history including convictions of burglary, petty theft, grand theft, resisting a police officer and unlawfully entering a property.

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