Kidnapping suspect: I was trying to help girl at Osceola Wal-Mart

The man accused of trying to lure a 10-year-old girl into his car outside a WalMart says he was only trying to help and thought she was lost, according to an arrest report released Friday.

Luis Davila-Quinones, 44, was arrested Thursday night and faces a charge of attempted kidnapping.

The girl, who wasn’t identified, went to the parking lot of the Poinciana store off Cypress Parkway and Old Pleasant Hill Road to get her grandmother’s credit card, an arrest report shows.

As she was returning to the store shortly after noon Sunday, Davila-Quinones pulled up next to her with his driver’s door open, deputies said.

Davila-Quinones called out to the girl in English and Spanish “in a scolding tone,” telling her to get into his red Pontiac, the report said.

Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson said the girl told him no and ran inside the store, asking for help.

She told her grandmother what happened and said she “was afraid the man was trying to abduct her,” deputies said.

Deputies were able to track DavilaQuinones’ car and interview him. The victim also picked his photo out of a lineup and said “her heart sunk” when she saw his picture, the arrest affidavit said.

Davila-Quinones told deputies he did talk to the girl “and told her to come on because he thought she was lost,” an arrest report said.

Surveillance video showed his car stopping in one of the parking aisles in front of the store as the girl approached. The driver’s door opened and lingered for a few seconds before the girl ran into the store.

“This arrest was only possible because of the unbelievable courage of a 10-year-old victim,” Gibson said at a news conference Thursday, adding that Davila-Quinones could face additional charges.