--- description: An attempted murder case is underway after a 7-year-old girl was kidnapped by a family friend and thrown into a Massachusetts lake title: 7-Year-Old Girl Wrapped in Blanket and Tossed Over Bridge image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Wrapped 7-Year-Old Girl in a Blanket and Threw Her Over a Bridge by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2017 5:55 PM CUT by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2017 5:55 PM CUT An [attempted murder](http://time.com/4898078/south-carolina-officer-shooting-camera-glasses/ "undefined") case is underway after a 7-year-old girl was [kidnapped](http://time.com/4889610/kidnapped-british-model-chloe-ayling-milan-italy/ "undefined") by a family friend and thrown into Lake Quinsigamond in Massachusetts. Joshua Hubert, 35, was initially only charged with kidnapping, the Associated Press reported. Police are saying Hubert took the girl from her grandparents’ home in Worcester at about 2:30 a.m. and drove around the town before stopping and choking the young girl, [according to Mass Live.](http://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/index.ssf/2017/08/7-year-old%5Fgirl%5Fwas%5Fwrapped%5Fin.html "undefined") Around 4 a.m., Hubert allegedly wrapped the girl in a blanket and threw her over a bridge. The victim survived by swimming 100 yards to shore and knocking on the door of a waterfront home, according to AP. Mass Live reported that the girl was found in wet pajamas with bruises on her body and neck and other injuries. Hubert is being held on a $1 million [bail](http://time.com/4910316/montana-stabbing-death-bail-bodies-basement/ "undefined") and is set to be arraigned next week. He has also been suspended from his job at an affluent private school. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4925842/man-wrapped-7-year-old-girl-in-a-blanket-and-threw-her-over-a-bridge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4925842/man-wrapped-7-year-old-girl-in-a-blanket-and-threw-her-over-a-bridge/"},"headline":"Man Wrapped 7-Year-Old Girl in a Blanket and Threw Her Over a Bridge","datePublished":"2017-09-02T17:55:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:15:45.935Z","description":"The girl survived by swimming to shore and knocking on someone's door","url":"https://time.com/4925842/man-wrapped-7-year-old-girl-in-a-blanket-and-threw-her-over-a-bridge/","keywords":["Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4925842/man-wrapped-7-year-old-girl-in-a-blanket-and-threw-her-over-a-bridge/","name":"Man Wrapped 7-Year-Old Girl in a Blanket and Threw Her Over a Bridge"}}]}] ```