Good Samaritan helps frightened girl after suspected assault

A man in rural Oakfield said a 12-year-old girl showed up at his door late last Saturday claiming she'd just escaped someone trying to hurt her. She's now safely with the county, and a suspect has been arrested, according to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's Office says the man bound and blindfolded the girl but she got away
Investigators say the suspect paid the girl's mother to spend time alone with her.
Sheriff's deputies arrested the man, whom they say was in the country illegally.
Mike Malterer of Oakfield said just before midnight on Saturday, he was bringing in items from his car when the girl appeared.
He said there appeared to be saran wrap around her wrists and she told him she needed help. Malterer, a retired firefighter, said his first responder instincts kicked in.
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