A 27-year-old Dallas man is behind bars after Galveston police say they found a missing 12-year-old girl in a Seawall-area hotel room with him last Friday. According to investigators, the child reported that the man forced her into his car while she was out walking her dog, gave her pills that made her feel woozy, and sexually assaulted her, with at least some of the conduct allegedly recorded on his phone. Officers booked the man on an aggravated kidnapping charge and said additional counts could follow as the investigation unfolds.
How officers tracked the girl
Authorities say the girl’s family alerted police when her dog returned home without her. Investigators traced the child’s phone to a hotel on Seawall Boulevard and reviewed surveillance…..