TX - Leonard Neal charged with attempted child abduction, Dallas, June 27, 2023

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Man added to 'Most Wanted' list for double abduction that sparked AMBER Alert

Leonard Lamar Neal, 41, has been charged since June 13 for allegedly luring a 7-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother into a vehicle to kidnap them.

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Texas authorities have added a new name to the Lone Star State’s 10 most wanted list. Leonard Lamar Neal, 41, has been charged since June 13 for allegedly luring a 7-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother into a vehicle to kidnap them.

Though authorities have since found the children, the suspect remains at large, and investigators seek the public’s help finding him.

Neal’s prior arrests include aggravated robbery and aggravated assault, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. This Dallas resident popped up again on law enforcement radar earlier this month. Authorities put out the AMBER Alert in south Dallas on June 11. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office put warrants out for his arrest on June 13. The charges are aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault of a child, and kidnapping.

 

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Weeks-long search for alleged kidnapper on ‘Most Wanted’ list comes to bloody end in Texas

The search for an alleged kidnapper came to a bloody end on Friday, when the suspect, Leonard Lamar Neal, 41, ended up in critical condition.

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The weeks-long search for an alleged kidnapper on the “Most Wanted” list in Texas came to a bloody end on Friday, when the suspect ended up in critical condition.

The Dallas Police Department did not specify how or why 41-year-old Leonard Lamar Neal “caused injury to himself.”

Authorities in Texas added Neal to the state’s 10 most wanted list in late June.

Neal was charged for allegedly luring a 7-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother into a vehicle in an attempt to kidnap them. The attempted abduction sparked an AMBER Alert in south Dallas on June 11.

Even though authorities found the children, Neal remained on the loose. For weeks, investigators sought the public’s help finding him.