Update: Man abducts Indiana teen

MONTICELLO, Ind. (WLFI) - A teen who was abducted in northern Indiana was reportedly released in White County, though the man that abducted her is still at large.

Mishawaka Police say they want to talk to 48-year-old Michael Lindsey of St. Joseph County.

Lindsey is a registered sex offender and a person of interest in the abduction of a Mishawaka teen and the attempted abduction of two other woman.

A man first tried to abduct a woman outside a Hobby Lobby store in Mishawaka on Tuesday afternoon by placing a sharp object against her side and ordering her to allow him to enter the car with her. That attempt failed when the woman screamed and the man fled.

Not long after that, a man attempted to abduct a second woman in Mishawaka, but also failed.

Later in the day, police say a man forced a 19-year-old woman into her car and ordered her to leave the area.

State Police Sergeant Kim Riley says the woman was released about five miles east of Wolcott, in White County. The woman, a South Bend resident, told police she was kidnapped at knife point by this unkown male subject from a business in Mishawaka while she was sitting in her car.

Police say a few hours later, the suspect let the woman out of the car on a rural country road five miles east of Wolcott.

The woman ran to a nearby house where she was able to call police.

Using GPS from the woman's cell phone that was left in the car, police were able to track the car, which was found abandoned in a field between Wolcott and Remington. 

The kidnapper was not found in the vicinity of the vehicle. K-9 units tracked the scent of the suspect through the field to a truck stop off of Interstate 65.

The police's inability to locate the man has residents of nearby Wolcott concerned for their safety.

Mishawaka Police released this composite sketch of the man they're looking for. He's described as being white, 35 to 45 years old, with a slender build. He was wearing a red or burgundy coat.