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Man Arrested After 2-year-old Found Sexually Assaulted

By AP/KWMU

Clayton, Mo. – A St. Louis County man suspected of sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl is in custody after a two-hour standoff with police.

The man surrendered just before eleven a.m. Monday at his home in north St. Louis County.

Early this morning, the girl's father discovered his daughter was missing. He went to the nearby house of the suspect and found the girl bleeding.

Police say she appeared to have been sexually assaulted.

The name of the suspect was not released.

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