Roger Carpenter, a Baptist clergyman, has told how he safeguarded missing nine-year-old schoolgirl Carlie Trent by holding her uncle Gary Simpson, 57, at gunpoint until police arrived

A Baptist priest has told how he rescueed a missing schoolgirl from the uncle who abducted her by holding the man at gunpoint.

Carlie Marie Trent, nine, from Rogersville,Tennessee, had been absent for over a week after powers say she was captured by her uncle, Gary Simpson, 57.

The pair were found on a remote property around 15 miles from the where Carlie was most recently seen on Thursday by Roger Carpenter and companions Donnie Lawson, Stuart Franklin, and Larry Hamblen.