The Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department is searching for any information in the abduction of a child from her bed in Burlington Junction last week.

“The parents just heard her scratching at the door,” said Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White.

An 8-year-old girl was reported to have been taken from her bed either late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning through a window.  White said her parents reported that they found her scratching at the front door to get back into the house.

However, police have little information to go on.  The only identification of the suspect given was that it was a man.

“The little girl’s got an appointment to be interviewed at the Children’s Advocacy Center in St. Joseph and we’re hoping that sheds some light on it,” said White. “It occurred in a house where there were many people home when this took place.”

White said the girl told police her abductor dropped her on the ground several times in her attempt to escape.

“It was the day after it rained and there was no mud on her or marks on the ground,” said White.  “This is a home where these people at the time had lived in for less than two weeks and it’s a dead end road so no one would randomly be driving down it.  It’s all pretty strange.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Nodaway County Sherriff’s Department at (660) 582-7451.