Gary Simpson who abducted nine-year-old Tennessee schoolgirl pictured

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Gary Simpson, 57, is being held charged with especially aggravated kidnap
Police are questioning him to find out why he kidnapped niece Carlie Trent
Cops say more charges could be leveled before court appearance Monday
Meanwhile Carlie, nine, is undergoing medical examinations in hospital

Published: 17:12 EST, 13 May 2016 | Updated: 17:24 EST, 13 May 2016

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This is the face of the 'obsessed' uncle who kidnapped his nine-year-old niece and hid her away in a remote part of Tennessee for more than a week before they were discovered yesterday.

Police say they are continuing to question Gary Simpson, 57, today in an attempt to find out why he took Carlie Trent from school on May 4 and what happened during the abduction.

Simpson, who is being held at Hawkins County Jail on a $1million bond, is due in court tomorrow on a charge of especially aggravated kidnapping, but investigators say more charges could be added.

Meanwhile Carlie is still in hospital today more than 24 hours after she was discovered wandering around holding a teddy bear by four friends searching an isolated tract of land on ATVs.

Police are questioning Gary Simpson, 57, to try and establish why he kidnapped his nine-year-old niece Carlie Trent from school on May 4 before taking her to a rural property in Tennessee

Meanwhile Carlie (left and right) remains in hospital today undergoing medical exams a day after she was discovered alive as investigators say more charges could be leveled against Simpson

While police and family members have said the girl 'appears fine', medical exams are still being carried out to determine the extent of Simpson's crimes.

District Attorney Dan Armstrong told the New York Daily News: 'We have some concerns obviously as to what when on.'

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.

After an intense eight-day search the pair were discovered yesterday afternoon by friends Roger Carpenter, Donnie Lawson, Stuart Franklin and Larry Hamblen.

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.

Simpson was discovered hiding on an isolated tract of land yesterday, just hours after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added him to their ten most wanted people list

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

'Carlie is safe tonight because of an entire community pulling together and working with law enforcement to bring her home.

'Any time someone is taken like this - kidnapped - we know time is not on our side, and we have to act and react very quickly. Thank God she was rescued safe.'

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 lives close to her parental home in the town of Rogersville, in a rural area of Tennessee.

He was previously granted custody over Carlie while her father, James Trent, served time in prison but custody was recently transferred back to Trent.

In a previous interview, Trent said: '[Simpson] had access to her every day, he was obsessed with her, he wanted her and he wanted her all to himself. That’s a scary thing to think about.’