Previous Incident Near Somer's Home Being Looked at Again

ORANGE PARK, FL -- An attempted abduction that happened near Somer Thompson's home 10 days before she disappeared is being re-investigated.

Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler says he has no link tying the incident to Somer's disappearance, but he can't rule it out either. Somer, 7, disappeared while walking home from Grove Park Elementary with her siblings and some friends Monday afternoon.

The Oct. 10 incident happened around 12:30 p.m. Police say a blue, four-door sedan, possibly a Nissan, pulled up. A woman and two men inside tried to lure a 5-year-old into the car.

The girl's mother, April Boothroyd, says they told her daughter they were supposed to pick her up and take her home. Her daughter told them, "no."

Boothroyd believes her daughter is okay because a woman who saw what was going on went to help. "Something looked off to me," says Shannon Pillott.

Pillott says she went up to the kindergartner and asked her if she knew the people. The child told her no and that they tried to get her into the car.

Pillott says when she turned around the car was gone, then she followed the little girl home.

Boothroyd adds she knows her daughter is alive and well thanks to that good samaritan.

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