A Massachusetts man faces the prospect of decades behind bars after a shocking kidnapping and attack on his friend's young daughter.

On Thursday, Joshua Hubert, 43, was convicted by a jury of his peers in Worcester County on one count each of attempted murder by drowning, attempted murder by strangling, strangulation or suffocation, and kidnapping a child under 16 years of age.

He was acquitted of two counts of aggravated rape of a child.

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The underlying incident occurred on Aug. 27, 2017.

Prosecutors alleged Hubert kidnapped the victim – a 7-year-old girl – and raped her in his car before throwing her off a bridge along the Interstate 290 overpass

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