ABILENE, Kan. (KWCH) - A family in Abilene is recovering after a man broke into their home and destroyed everything while a child was there.

The Kooser family’s home in Abilene was broken into when nobody was home except the 11-year-old daughter, Harper Curry. He climbed into a window where he discovered her inside.

Curry said she could hear him talking to her while she was trying to escape.

“‘I know you are in there’, like stuff like that, after he comes through the window,” Curry said. “He was also threatening to murder my dogs, me, my family.”

Curry’s quick thinking and brave actions helped lead to his arrest. Among all the chaos, Curry got out of the house and looked for help. She went to the house of a police officer.

“I ring the doorbell saying, ‘help, help.’ I’m crying, I’m sni

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