Man freed from jail 3 days before alleged toddler abduction in Virginia, Youngkin says

FAIRFAX, Va. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngking shared on social media that “repeat offender” was released from a Fairfax County jail just three days before he was caught on camera attempting to abduct a three-year-old girl from a mall.

The backstory:Fairfax County Police say the girl wandered away from an indoor play area just before 11:45 a.m. on July 18, when she was picked up by a man identified as 26-year-old Andres Caceres Jaldin.

The child’s parents found Jaldin on the second level of the mall and intervened, safely recovering their daughter.

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