From The LVRJ: A Henderson teenager was abducted from her home Friday morning and was being held for ransom, police said.
Family members and Henderson police said the kidnapping happened about 7:30 a.m. in the 300 block of Esquina Drive, near Warm Springs Road and Valle Verde Drive.
Two men knocked on the front door of a home. When 17-year-old Melissa Duran answered the door, the men snatched her. The men later called and asked the girl's mother for money. A friend of the family told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the demand was for $150,000.
The kidnappers left the scene in a late-model, two-door red sedan, witnesses said. The front passenger fender is blue, police said.
Duran was wearing white pants with black stripes and a yellow blouse.
Reached by telephone Friday afternoon, Duran's father declined comment.
"This is a really bad situation right now," Alex Duran said, his voice shaking. http://www.lvrj.com/news/henderson-girl-abducted-and-being-held-for-ransom-168194456.html
There's a couple strange things about this case:
1. Why wasn't the girl in school at 7:30 when most Valley high schools start school at 7:10 or so.
2. We haven't had a known kidnapping for ransom, that wasn't drug related since I have been in the Valley for over 6 years, so why now and why this girl?
3. I wonder what the family history is because, again, these things just don't happen randomly.
4. Why would the cops fear the kidnappers left Southern Nevada if they don't know who the kidnappers are?
5. The car used in the kidnapping isn't your typical car for a kidnapping- it looks more like a teenager or young adult car.
Here is some more information from the Amber Alert: August 31 2012 -3:50 PM - According to Henderson PD, there have been two calls to Melissa’s parents demanding ransom for her safe return. Investigators are concerned that the suspects may have fled to either Southern Utah, Northern Arizona or Southern California.
http://amberalert.nv.gov/
I wish the best for the girl and the family and here
Here is the car that is involved with the kidnapping:
If you happen to have information, please call 911.
update: the girl was found unharmed and a man is in custody. He is an illegal immigrant and now is in the Henderson City jail.: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2012/09/exclusive-update-2-man-arrested-in.html
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