Missing pregnant woman kidnapped at gunpoint found alive in Mexico
10/28/2024 9:37 am PDT
AUBURN, Wash. (TCN) -- A 21-year-old woman who was allegedly kidnapped from her apartment was found alive in Mexico almost two weeks later.
Auburn Police said Jackelin Perez went missing on Oct. 13 under suspicious circumstances. Perez, who was six weeks pregnant at the time of her disappearance, reportedly recently immigrated to Washington from Guatemala with her husband. In a statement, Auburn Police said Perez "was taken from her home under duress." Detectives on the case reportedly "did not believe this was random."
On Oct. 19, law enforcement officials arrested a 26-year-old suspect in Texas.
Four days after that, on Oct. 23, Auburn Police announced Mexican police found Perez alive. Officials from Mexico were communicating with the Guatemalan government to have her return to Guatemala. Perez reportedly confirmed to police that "she was, in fact, kidnapped at gunpoint."
Police believe Perez’s abduction "was related to illegal activity in which she was not involved." Perez was reportedly released after she and her captors arrived in Mexico, so police are looking into the "reasons for her release."
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