Decieved, Taken Advantage of, and Stolen Innocence

Christina Regusters, a 19 year old daycare worker, was charged with the kidnapping and rape of a 5 year old Muslim girl. Allegedly, Regusters abducted the little girl from her elementary school, claiming to be her mother. Police reported that she covered herself in a black Muslim veil similar to the girl's mother when she signed the girl out of school located in Philadelphia. Reguster originally knows the child from an after school care program the girl attended where Reguster also worked. She has been convicted with kidnapping, rape, conspiracy, aggravated assault and several related offenses. The child was discovered shivering half naked on a playground a mile away from the school the morning after her abduction on January 14. She was hiding under a jungle gym play set around 4 in the morning in 37 degree weather, while also being damp from the rain. The child told the police, "I ran away, I ran away from the people who took me". Also, she told them and an onlooker, "I've been stolen" and then she repeatedly spoke of a talking bird inside the home that would "peck her eyes out" if she didn't stay hiding under the bed. This was a crucial fact in the case according to attorney Tom Kilne who's representing the child and her mother. The girl retraced her steps for the police, which lead them to the home with the "bird". "This brave, innocent, precious, little girl was instrumental in leading police literally to the door of the crime", said Kline in an interview. The police discovered that this little girl was blindfolded, told to remove her clothes and put on a black, adult sized T-shirt, then ordered to hide under the bed. Police have found DNA on that shirt, which acts as evidence. There is suspicion that others were involved in this crime. He also stated, "terrible, horrible injures and that the family was grateful for the arrest, but know it isn't the end of the line". About a week after the principal of the school was removed, four other people were held responsible for the ordeal. Now, district officials enforce the requirement that anyone signing a child out of school must show ID and be on a list  as a verified parent of guardian.