Brother Saves Sister from Attempted Kidnapping in Avondale

A brother saved his sister from being pulled into a dented white van when a man tried to kidnap her Monday morning.

Diavonnie Ingram and her brother, Devonte, were walking in the 3000 block of North Francisco Avenue around 7:30 a.m. Monday, when a man violently grabbed the girl and dragged her towards a white van that had the rear doors open.

Devonte grabbed his sister’s legs and pulled her out of the van.

“She was already half way in to the van, like to the waist, and I had to grab her legs and keep pulling as hard as I could,” Davonte told ABC 7 Chicago.

Both teens said the man didn’t say a word.

The suspect is described as a white Hispanic male, 20-30 years old, 5-ft. -9-ins. to 6-ft. -2-ins. tall, and weighing 190 to 210 pounds. The man was clean shaven, with dark curly hair, wearing a black and white Adidas jacket and black construction boots.

The vehicle is described as a white work van with no side windows and a large dent on the front passenger side.

ABC 7 reported that 14th District police are investigating the possibility that Diavonnie may have met the suspect before.