It’s every parent’s worst nightmare.
A CCTV footage released shows the moment an eight-year-old girl is lured from a Florida supermarket by a complete stranger.
Cherish Perrywinkle was later raped and murdered before her body was dumped in front of a church.
via Facebook/InMemoryofCherishPerrywinkle
The Perrywinkle family were shopping for clothes at Walmart back in 2013 when they were approached by a man who offered to assist.
That man was later identified by Cherish's mother as 56-year-old Donald Smith, a registered sex offender previously convicted of indecent assault on a child under 16, attempted kidnapping and distributing obscene material.
The recently released security footage from the Walmart store shows Smith lurking in the same aisle as the family before striking up a conversation and allegedly offering to buy them dinner at a nearby McDonald's restaurant. He then leads Cherish away, supposedly to get the girl help him to collect the food, but the pair never return.
Instead, the footage shows Cherish and the man climb into a white van and drive out of the carpark.
via Facebook/InMemoryofCherishPerrywinkle
The little girls's body was found dumped in front of a Florida church the following day.
Smith was arrested in 2013 and will face court next month.
Top Comments
Irrevelant in the parent's lack of judgement however there is a maccers inside every Walmart (no need to leave the building) and it's usually just next to the cash registers, and the kids clothes are sometimes close to the registers, maybe the parent thought an eye could be kept on the daughter?
Horrifying story and footage. Rest in peace beautiful girl x