Man arrested , charged with rape of child in Bella Vista
Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008
An Arkansas man suspected of raping a 6-year-old girl from Bella Vista was captured in Washington state on Friday, Aug. 22.
Travis Fredrickson, 36, of Booneville, was arrested by the Washington State Police on a felony warrant charging him with rape of a girl here two days after the Bella Vista police entered the information into the National Crime Information Center data base, Detective Barb Shrum said.
The police could not say exactly where the man was when he was arrested.
A felony conviction for rape has a 25-year mandatory sentence, Shrum said. The Benton County prosecuting attorney's office has already begun the extradition process.
The child reported the alleged abuse to a family friend, who then told the girl's parents.
They talked to the police on Aug. 9, Shrum said.
During the investigation, Shrum said, the Children's Advocacy Center in Little Flock interviewed the girl.
Fredrickson, a construction worker, was alone with the girl occasionally because he was a relative, Shrum said.
Police reports indicate he is a cousin of the victim's mother's ex-husband.
He was originally from Washington, but had been living in Bella Vista and Booneville with family.
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