TENNESSEE SCHOOLGIRL, NINE, IS REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY, PLAYING WITH HER LITTLE SISTER AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM 'OBSESSED' UNCLE

Pictured: Tennessee schoolgirl, nine, is reunited with her family, playing with her little sister after being rescued from 'obsessed' uncle
Gary Simpson was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping of his niece by marriage, Carlie Trent
Simpson abducted Carlie from school, setting off an eight-day manhunt
Carlie returned to her aunt's house on Friday after a night in the hospital
Linda Simpson said her husband is where 'he deserves to be' in jail
By ANNETA KONSTANTINIDES and CHRIS PLEASANCE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 10:27 EST, 14 May 2016 | UPDATED: 15:21 EST, 14 May 2016
   

Carlie Trent spent her Friday like most nine-year-old girls. She rode her pink bike, did cartwheels on the grass and chased her sister around the backyard of her aunt's Tennessee home.
But the smile on her face hides the fact that this is a reunion, one that came 10 days after her uncle abducted Carlie from her school in Rogersville.
Gary Simpson, 57, has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and is being held at Hawkins County Jail on a $1million bond. Investigators say more charges could be added.
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Carlie Trent has been reunited with her family 10 days after she was abducted by her uncle, Gary Simpson, from her school in Rogersville, Tennessee


Carlie spent the reunion playing with her little sister Katie and doing cartwheels on the trampoline at the home of her aunt Linda Simpson, who is married to Gary



The nine-year-old girl returned to Simpson's home after spending a night in the hospital following her rescue
But for now Carlie's family is focusing on helping the little girl return to reality after she disappeared with Simpson for eight days.
Carlie returned to the home of her aunt Linda Simpson, who is married to Gary Simpson, after spending the night at a nearby hospital.  
When asked what she wanted to do first on her return home, Carlie shyly told the WCYB reporter 'I don't know'.
But within minutes Carlie was playing with her little sister Katie, doing flips on the trampoline, trying to score a basket on their net in the backyard and showing off her hula hoop skills.
'I can do it on my neck,' she told Katie, demonstrating her technique before her sister said, 'Now let me do it'.
Carlie was especially happy to see her pet rabbit, named Alligator, who she said she 'mostly takes care of' and well as her aunt's dog Pat.

Carlie was all smiles as the car pulled up to her aunt's home on Friday from the hospital



Linda said Carlie (pictured with her mother Shannon and sister Katie) has yet to talk about her abduction, and that the family had no immediate plans to ask her about it
'We just have to let Carlie do what she wants to until she decides when she wants to go back to school or whatever,' Linda said


Simpson, 57, has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and is being held at Hawkins County Jail on a $1million bond. Investigators say more charges could be added.


'We're all glad that Carlie's home,' said Katie.  
Linda said Carlie, who lives nearby with her dad, has yet to talk about her abduction, adding that the family had no immediate plans to ask her about it.
'We just have to let Carlie do what she wants to until she decides when she wants to go back to school or whatever,' Linda told the station.
'We just want to love her and hold her, take care of her and support her.'
As for her husband, Linda only had one thing to say: 'He's where he deserves to be.'
Carlie went missing after Simpson checked her out of school under false pretenses, telling staff her father had been in a car wreck, before going on the run with her.




Carlie went missing after Simpson checked her out of Hawkins High School under false pretenses, telling staff her father had been in a car wreck, before going on the run with her
Simpson is Carlie's uncle by marriage and  was previously granted custody over Carlie while her father, James Trent, served time in prison


After an intense eight-day search the pair were discovered Thursday afternoon by Roger Carpenter, Donnie Lawson, Stuart Franklin and Larry Hamblen.
The four friends were searching an isolated tract of land on ATVs when they saw Carlie wandering around with a teddy bear.  
Carpenter, a Baptist minister, was reported to have held Simpson at gunpoint while another called police, who took him into custody.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn said: 'I think this is just heroes that went on to the property just to see, by chance, could they be there, and they were.


'Carlie is safe tonight because of an entire community pulling together and working with law enforcement to bring her home.
 
Simpson was discovered hiding on an isolated tract of land on Thursday, just hours after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added him to their ten most wanted people list


Earlier Thursday, the TBI had added Simpson to its Top 10 Most Wanted list and warned that Carlie was in imminent danger.
Simpson is Carlie's uncle by marriage and was previously granted custody over Carlie while her father, James Trent, served time in prison.
Custody had recently been transferred back to Trent.
'[Simpson] had access to her every day, he was obsessed with her, he wanted her and he wanted her all to himself,' Trent said in a previous interview.
'That’s a scary thing to think about.’
District Attorney Dan Armstrong told the New York Daily News: 'We have some concerns obviously as to what when on.'
Medical exams were carried out following Carlie's rescue to determine the extent of Simpson's crimes.  

Roger Carpenter, a Baptist minister, discovered Simpson along with three friends and held a gun on him while another man called police who came to arrest him



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