Muldrow Police Chief Tony Lewis said the attempted abduction occurred at the corner of 9th and Main Streets in Muldrow at about 11 p.m. Sunday.
The 13-year-old girl walked across the street to a laundry mat to get a soda at a vending machine located at the laundry facility. Her mother was standing outside watching her walk across the street to the laundry mat when she heard her daughter scream for her. The girl ran toward her mother and said a man pulled up and tried to grab her, Lewis said.
Lewis said the girl's mother went over to the man and confronted him, asked him what he was doing to her daughter. The man replied with an expletive and drove off at a high rate of speed west on U.S. Highway 64.
The suspect's vehicle is described as a late model, orange Saab or BMW convertible, with an Arkansas license place, possibly ending with the numbers 329.
The suspect is described as a six-foot tall white male, with brown hair, glasses and a medium build. A be-on-the-lookout bulletin was immediately issued for the vehicle, but Lewis said Tuesday that his department has received no new information.
"She was not harmed," Lewis noted. "She managed to get away."
Those with any information about the suspect or suspect vehicle may call the police department's CrimeStoppers hotline at (918) 427-0000. Callers may remain anonymous.
