SALEM, Ore. — New charges have been filed against a man accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl in Salem earlier this month. Elijah Galaviz Arce, 48, now faces one count of first-degree kidnapping and two counts of attempt to commit a Class A felony, in addition to prior charges of second-degree kidnapping and first-degree sexual abuse.

The girl was reported missing from her home on the evening of Aug. 5, prompting a search that lasted more than three hours. A neighbor eventually alerted police to suspicious activity about a quarter mile away from the girl's home, and she was found with Arce in a secluded area concealed by shrubbery.

Arce was arrested, and Salem police detectives said he had lured the child away from her yard. The child was not physically injured, but police said the

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