Search Continues For Oklahoma Panhandle Kidnapping Suspect

TEXHOMA, Okla. (AP) _ Investigators looking for the man who kidnapped a 10-year-old girl in Texhoma last week say they are frustrated they haven't been able to locate the suspect. <br/><br/>The man

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 8:23 am

By: News On 6

TEXHOMA, Okla. (AP) _ Investigators looking for the man who kidnapped a 10-year-old girl in Texhoma last week say they are frustrated they haven't been able to locate the suspect.

The man was last seen in Clovis, New Mexico, where Marissa Graham escaped from the vehicle she was in and ran into a convenience store.

FBI spokesman Gary Johnson says the girl was snatched by a man on January 19th while collecting money as part of a basketball fund-raiser. She was forced into the trunk of a white vehicle and tied up.

At some point, her abductor moved her into a purple vehicle, possibly a minivan or a hatchback. While at a convenience store parking lot in Clovis on Friday, Marissa used her foot to trigger a latch on the vehicle's door, ran into the store and told a clerk to call police.

Clovis is more than 200 miles from Texhoma, which is on the state line dividing the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.