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Girl, 10, reported abducted in Canby, Oregon, found alive; suspect arrested

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Canby, Oregon, police said a 10-year-old girl, Violet Hay, was reported abducted from her apartment at about 1:47 a.m. Wednesday. Police said she was found alive at a residence in Oregon City that afternoon, and a SWAT team took a suspect into custody. NewsNation, citing KOIN, and the New York Post identify the suspect as Vince Edgar Chavez; the Post reports he has not yet been charged. Police said the girl’s 12-year-old sister was assaulted in the apartment and is being treated at a hospital. The sequence of events comes from police statements and prosecutors’ briefings.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Police said a 10-year-old girl was reported abducted from her Canby, Oregon, apartment early Wednesday.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Center
    NewsNation
    Right
    New York Post

  2. Police said the girl was found alive at a residence in Oregon City on Wednesday afternoon.

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    ABC News
    Center
    NewsNation
    Right
    New York Post

  3. A suspect was taken into custody after a SWAT team surrounded the residence.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
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    ABC News
    Center
    NewsNation
    Right
    New York Post

  4. Vince Edgar Chavez has been identified in reports as the suspect and has not yet been charged.

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    NewsNation
    Right
    New York Post

  5. Police said the girl’s 12-year-old sister was assaulted in the apartment.

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    ABC News
    Center
    NewsNation
    Right
    New York Post

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report that a 10-year-old girl from Canby, Oregon, was found alive in Oregon City and a suspect was arrested. The left attributes the case to police and hedges with ‘reported’, the center states the rescue plainly, the right adds the hammer attack and distance.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Headlines hedge the abduction as reported and attribute the rescue to police, rather than stating the kidnapping as fact.

    10-year-old girl reported abducted from Oregon apartment found safe: Police
    ABC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Headlines state the kidnapping and rescue as fact in plain terms and mention the closet detail.

    Kidnapped Oregon girl rescued after being tied up in closet
    NewsNationCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    Headlines lead with the nine-mile distance and closet detail, and the body adds vivid wording such as fiend and worst nightmare, plus the hammer attack.

    Girl, 10, abducted from home in middle of the night, then found tied up in a closet 9 miles away
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

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    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right2

    snatchedfiend

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    snatchedMore neutral: taken

    The verb adds a sense of a sudden grab beyond the reported fact that the girl was taken from her home.

    Violet Hay was snatched from her home in Canby around 1:47 a.m.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Dehumanizing label

    fiendMore neutral: suspect

    The word casts the unnamed suspect as a monster before any charge has been filed.

    Wednesday by a fiend who bashed her 12-year-old sister in the head with a hammer, according to KGW.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • police announcement
  • chief’s emotional briefing
  • girl found alive
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  • ABC NewsLeft

    10-year-old girl reported abducted from Oregon apartment found safe: Police

    Officers responded to an apartment complex in Canby at 1:47 a.m. Wednesday for the reported kidnapping, the Canby Police Department said.

    Read at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • rescue of the girl
  • tied up in closet
  • arrest of suspect
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  • NewsNationCenter

    Kidnapped Oregon girl rescued after being tied up in closet

    (NewsNation) — A 10-year-old girl was found alive in an Oregon City, Oregon, residence after being abducted from her home in Canby, Oregon, early Wednesday morning. …

    Read at NewsNation (opens in a new tab)

From the right

1 outlet

Leads with

  • distance from home
  • hammer attack on sister
  • family’s worst nightmare
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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    ABC News, Oct 28, 7:09 PM EDT

  • Center

    15 hr 22 min later

    Its first report, Oct 29, 10:30 AM EDT

  • Right

    18 hr 16 min later

    Its first report, Oct 29, 1:25 PM EDT

See the order the outlets reported inHide the order
  1. ABC NewsLeftOct 28, 7:09 PM EDT
  2. NewsNationCenterOct 29, 10:30 AM EDT
  3. New York PostRightOct 29, 1:25 PM EDT

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