Mother Uses MySpace to Arrange Kidnapping of Child
A woman in San Antonio, Texas, has been charged with using MySpace to recruit two people to kidnap her son from his father. The mother and father were not married, but they have two children together. The younger son, 1 year old, lives with his mother, while the older one (age 2) lives with his father and paternal grandparents.
The mother set up a MySpace page with the heading "I want my son back," and she allegedly offered $500 to anyone who would help her kidnap the boy from her estranged boyfriend. Two people agreed to the scheme, and the mother sent a text-messaged her ex-boyfriend's sister, claiming that she was planning to stop by with something for the boy, to make sure he would be where the kidnappers could get at him.
On Saturday night, the two kidnappers took the screaming 2-year-old boy from his home, with the child's father chasing after them. Shortly thereafter, they met the mother at a nearby convenience store and exchanged the boy for the money. Police were able to locate the boy and return him to his father, though the child is reportedly still shaken by this incident. The mother, her aunt, and both kidnappers have all been charged with felony criminal charges.
Source: "Mom Is Accused of Hatching Kidnap of Tot on MySpace" by Vianna Davila and Vincent T. Davis, published in the Express-News and "Woman Allegedly Arranged Kidnap on MySpace" published by United Press International.
