A 12-year-old girl who had reported she was abducted then sexually assaulted in Waldorf, Md. Thursday has recanted her story.
According to Charles County Sheriff's Office, the girl said a black man in a black van took her from outside a home on Hope Circle around 4 p.m. She said he then drove her to the area of Pierce Road, where she says she was sexually assaulted.
The girl recanted her story later that evening, deputies said.
