Suspect identified in 10-year-old's kidnapping

LOS ANGELES -- A transient with a long criminal record is being sought in the kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl who was snatched from her San Fernando Valley home before dawn last week and abandoned hours later in front of a hospital.

Tobias Dustin Summers, 30, was identified by police on Saturday as a suspect in the case but they couldn't elaborate on the motive or what led them to him.

"We have no information that the family knew this individual or that the individual knew any members of the family," Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said.

About 40 detectives have been investigating since the girl was abducted from her home around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

The girl was found about 12 hours after she was abducted, wandering near a Starbucks several miles away. She was barefoot, had bruises and scratches, and wasn't wearing the same clothes she had on when she vanished. She told police two men had taken her from her home.

Investigators have said they believe the girl was driven around the San Fernando Valley in a couple of cars and taken to at least two locations, including a storage facility, before she was released.

A passerby who recognized her picture from media reports saw her outside the Starbucks and called police. The girl had wandered there from the hospital where she had been dropped off.

The Los Angeles Times reported that law enforcement sources said the girl had been sexually assaulted. -- AP