MA - Worcester Man Kidnapped 7-Year-Old Girl, Threw Her off Bridge, 2017

[borndem]

Sounds like she was only missing about a half hour.
So he basically took her, strangled her and tossed her when you factor in her swimming and walking time. So bizarre...

Maybe he had other plans for her but something freaked him, making change his plans and get rid of the "evidence."

Bravo! to the amazing, strong, determined young girl for saving her own life. What a swimmer!
This young lady may bear watching -- no telling what she might do as a smart, brave young woman!
And so glad that her parents and family still have her with them.
Now for justice.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Trial Of Worcester Man Charged With Throwing Girl Off Bridge Postponed

was scheduled for Oct 2020

 

[weepingangel]

Worcester man charged with raping girl he allegedly threw off bridge in 2017

The Worcester man appeared in court Wednesday for his arraignment on the new charges of rape.

www.masslive.com

 

[mpnola]

Omg this poor child. What a disgusting monster.

 

[weepingangel]

Trial of Worcester man accused of raping girl, throwing her from bridge, will be next year

A Worcester man was indicted in connection with the rape and kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl before throwing her off a bridge over Lake Quinsigamond in 2018.

www.masslive.com

 

[weepingangel]

Jury selection begins years after Worcester girl was raped, thrown from bridge — and survived

Jury selection begins Thursday in the Joshua Hubert rape case, which prosecutors say involved kidnapping a 7-year-old in 2017, then assaulting her and trying to kill her.

www.masslive.com

 

[weepingangel]

Worcester girl testifies against man accused of kidnapping her, throwing her off bridge

“I was thinking that he wanted me dead... If I breathed really lightly and quietly, he would think that I was dead and everything would stop.”

www.boston.com

 

[seasideForest]

Worcester girl testifies against man accused of kidnapping her, throwing her off bridge

“I was thinking that he wanted me dead... If I breathed really lightly and quietly, he would think that I was dead and everything would stop.”

www.boston.com

Horrendous.
However, at the end of the article there is mention of sperm cells in her underwear matching her father rather than the man accused of kidnapping and throwing her off the bridge.

 

[Seattle1]

JH was found guilty of all charges except the rape charges 15 minutes ago. Jury has been deliberating since Tuesday. No MSN covering this case! The Worcester clerk returned a phone call to Attorney Melanie Little (guest) that jurors were back with a verdict.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1968762281497342108

 

[Seattle1]

Worcester jury convicts man of attempted murder in case of girl thrown from bridge

Trial in Worcester Superior Court.

www.telegram.com

9/18

WORCESTER ― Joshua Hubert, the Worcester man accused of throwing a girl from from an Interstate 290 bridge into Lake Quinsigamond, has been found guilty of two counts of attempted murder and one count each of kidnapping and strangulation.

He was acquitted of two counts of aggravated rape.

The verdicts were delivered in Worcester Superior Court the afternoon of Thursday, Sept., 18, after a two-week trial, and eight years after Hubert's arrest in the case.

 

[Seattle1]

Verdict reached in 2017 Worcester bridge attack trial

The jury returned their decision on Thursday afternoon.

www.masslive.com

9/18/25

• Guilty of attempted murder (drowning)
• Guilty of attempted murder (strangling)
• Guilty of strangulation or suffocation
• Guilty of kidnapping a child under 16
• Not guilty of aggravated rape of a child
• Not guilty of rape of a child aggravated by age

 

[Tealgrove]

I don’t even want to ask why her father’s DNA showed up in her underpants.

 

[Seattle1]

Worcester man convicted of kidnapping of 7-year-old girl, throwing her off a bridge - The Boston Globe

Joshua Hubert, 43, was taken into custody after a Worcester Superior Court jury returned its verdict Thursday.

www.bostonglobe.com

9/19/25

Hubert was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, strangulation or suffocation, and kidnapping a child, records show. A sentencing date has not been set.
He was acquitted of aggravated rape of a child while bound and aggravated rape of a child with a five-year age difference, according to court records.

Hubert kidnapped the girl from her grandparents’ Worcester home around 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 27, 2017. He had earlier attended a barbecue at the house, where he was a familiar figure through his friendship with the child’s father, according to law enforcement officials and relatives.

Hubert took the girl in his car and drove around for 90 minutes, authorities said in 2017. He then stopped his car on the Interstate 290 bridge, which connects Worcester and Shrewsbury, and threw her into Lake Quinsigamond.

 

[Seattle1]

He Was Supposed to Be Her 'Friend.' Then He Kidnapped Girl, 7, and Threw Her Off a Bridge

A Massachusetts jury convicted Joshua Hubert of attempted murder and kidnapping for throwing a 7-year-old girl off a bridge in 2017. The girl, now 15, told jurors how she survived the plunge into Lake Quinsigamond by swimming to shore. Hubert was acquitted of rape charges.

people.com

9/19/25