BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California man accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl from Kern County after getting to know her online through Roblox says she “told me she was 18.” Mathew Naval says he did not know the girl’s real age until he was arrested.
Naval, who is from Elk Grove in Sacramento County, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and unlawful sexual conduct after being found with a 10-year-old Taft girl earlier this month.
During the interview with YourCentralValley.com’s sister station KGET.com, Matthew Naval used the pronouns “she, her, they and them” interchangeably to describe the alleged victim. Naval spoke with KGET.com on Monday at the Lerdo Justice Facility, where he’s being held on $1.35 million bail…