Background
Carlie Jane Brucia (March 16, 1992 – February 1, 2004) was sexually battered and murdered by Joseph P. Smith after being kidnapped from a car wash near her home in Sarasota, Florida on February 1, 2004, while returning from a sleepover at a friend's house. She was reported missing by her mother, Susan Schorpen, and her stepfather, Steven Kansler, within a half hour of her abduction.
The kidnapping case became famous after a surveillance video showing the girl surfaced. The video, taken from a security camera located behind a car wash, shows Carlie being confronted by a man, later identified as Joe Smith, who then grabbed her arm and led her away toward a Buick that was spotted on another camera. The video was shown nationwide and spurred a massive manhunt for the abductor.
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