RENO, Nev. (AP) - Police
rescued a 17-year-old Henderson girl early Saturday morning to end her
21-hour kidnapping ordeal, and arrested her two alleged abductors.
Investigators tracked
Melissa Duran and the suspects to a Las Vegas apartment complex, where
she was found bound and blindfolded in a unit about 4:30 a.m., Henderson
Police Chief Patrick Moers said. She was scared but not physically
harmed.
Alejandro Sanchez-Sanchez,
25, and Cesar Sanchez, 30, both of Las Vegas, were arrested on charges
of kidnapping and extortion after being found in other units, Moers
said. They remain without bail in the Henderson jail and await an
initial court appearance Tuesday.
They're accused of knocking
on the door of the family home around 7:30 a.m. Friday and grabbing
Duran when she answered. Police said her parents later received two
calls demanding money for her safe return.
Investigators said they
believe the suspects had some kind of connection to her father's
landscaping business, and the possible tie is under investigation.
"We are thankful that the
quick and effective actions of the Henderson Police Department were able
to reunite Melissa safely with her family," Moers said in a statement.
"I would also like to praise the strength of the Duran family for
assisting us throughout this horrible event."
The family, in a statement issued through the police department, asked the news media to respect its request for privacy.
Henderson police spokesman
Keith Paul said investigators were working on a motive for the
kidnapping. He declined to reveal the amount of money involved in the
ransom demands.
"They're looking to see if that (ransom demands) was the true motivation," he told The Associated Press.
The getaway car was
distinctive as it was red with a blue front end, police said, and it was
captured by a security camera of a neighbor of the Duran family on
Friday morning.
An Amber Alert was issued along with a description of the car, and it was later found burned east of Las Vegas.
It appears the suspects had
attempted to destroy evidence by burning the car, police said, but
detectives were able to trace the car to the Las Vegas apartment complex
where the teenager was rescued.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:14 AM EDT2013-05-22 13:14:38 GMT
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The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.
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Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:47 AM EDT2013-05-22 11:47:17 GMT
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Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:32 AM EDT2013-05-22 11:32:46 GMT
LOGAN, Ohio (AP) - State officials say safety improvements are planned after a third fatal fall from a cliff recently in the Hocking's Hills region of southeastern Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural
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Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:26 AM EDT2013-05-22 11:26:32 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - The three women held captive in a Cleveland house for about a decade say they are doing fine. That was the message in a letter released by their attorneys Tuesday that also noted a charity
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Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:11 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:11:02 GMT
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Tuesday, May 21 2013 8:22 PM EDT2013-05-22 00:22:27 GMT
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Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:08 PM EDT2013-05-21 22:08:56 GMT
A Toledo family who moved to Moore less than a year ago only had minutes to take cover. "Its devastation buildings are ripped down families lost their homes houses are flattened." It's been a difficult
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Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:18:53 GMT
A suspended TPS teacher charged with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography has pleaded guilty to receiving child porn on his home computer. Bruce Omlor, 49, was suspended from Riverside
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