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The 11-year-old girl who fought off an alleged kidnapping attempt this week credited "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" for some quick thinking that helped authorities identify a suspect.
In an interview with NBC's "Today Show," the girl identified as Alyssa said she marked her attacker with the blue slime she had been playing with because she "knew that might be better evidence if the cops did find him."
That's exactly what happened.
In a news conference this week, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said the girl was waiting for her school bus in Pensacola, Florida, Tuesday morning when a man drove up.
"The man got out of his vehicle holding a knife, came towards me and I tried to run but he caught me," Alyssa told "Today."
Surveillance video released by the sheriff's office shows the girl trying to run away before the man grabs her. There's a struggle before she breaks free from the suspect's grip and they both fall to the ground. The girl is seen running away while the man hurries back to his car and drives off.