NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida father is behind bars and facing charges after, police said, he abducted his daughter.
Thirty-one-year-old Jimmy Vela appeared in bond court Friday morning.
Investigators said the suspect took his daughter, 12-year-old Anastasia Vela-Fernandez, in Northwest Miami-Dade and had been on the run.
Officials said Vela-Fernandez went missing last week after several disappearances.
Her father is being held without bond.
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