WHY NOT MINOT?

From the AP:

Today: February 06, 2004 at 4:25:30 PST
Body of Missing Girl Found; Man Arrested

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - The body of an 11-year-old girl whose abduction was
captured by a surveillance camera has been found and a mechanic has been
charged with her murder, officials said Friday.

Sarasota County Sheriff Bill Balkwill refused to say where Carlie Brucia was
found, saying it is an active crime scene.

He said Joseph P. Smith, 37, has been charged with her murder. He is believed
to be the tattooed man in a mechanic's shirt who was seen in a car wash
surveillance video leading Carlie away by the arm Sunday evening, authorities
said.

He has been held without bail since Tuesday on an alleged probation violation
stemming from a cocaine possession conviction.

Family and friends had kept vigil outside Carlie's ranch-style house which was
decorated with banners and posters reading, "We love you, Carlie."

A reward fund of $50,000 was offered for information.

Smith has been arrested at least 13 times in Florida since 1993, according to
state records and convicted of drug possession and other charges. He was
arrested in 1997 in Manatee County on kidnapping and false imprisonment
charges, but was acquitted a year later.

An aide to Smith's public defender, Adam Tebrugge, had declined to comment
Thursday.