Suspects in KCK stolen car kidnapping charged; both suspects in custody – forty one Activity News
Suspects in KCK stolen car kidnapping charged; both suspects in custody
Karri Reich, a suspect in a Kansas City, Kansas kidnapping and car theft, is still on the run from authorities. The Wyandotte County district attorney just filed charges against her and Tyler Letzig.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Police have caught the masculine suspect involved in stealing a car in Kansas City, Kansas, Wednesday while a three-year-old chick slept in the back seat. The female suspect turned herself in around Ten:15 a.m. on Tuesday, July Legitimate, according to the Wyandotte County District Attorney.
The masculine suspect, later identified as Tyler Ryan Letzig, and the female suspect, Karri Anne Reich, face kidnapping, aggravated endangering of a child and theft charges, the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday.
Responding to the initial reports of a child abduction and stolen vehicle at a KCK gas station, SkyTracker headed to Leavenworth County to track down the location from a cell phone ping of one of the parents’ phones. SkyTracker pilot Captain Gregg Bourdon and photographer James Moore scanned the area and noticed an abandoned, silver vehicle matching the description of the car stolen from the Valero at 7th and Riverview.
A quick call back to the station to update the newsroom, and forty one Activity News Assignment Editor Steve Kaut alerted law enforcement.
«We eyed this oddball, silver car sitting there unattended. The door was open,” said Bourdon. “My photographer, James, put the camera on it and put it on the backseat. Sure enough, there was a child in the back seat.”
«That`s when I got truly excited, and I kind of leaped out of my seat,” said Moore. “‘That’s the female, that`s the silver Concentrate, that`s her! Check the license plate.’»
«The sheriff deputy came right under the helicopter and made his way down this road until he could see the child get out of the car,» said Bourdon.
SkyTracker captured the reunion from Two,000 feet in the air.
«It doesn`t happen too often. We have this special capability . we`re one of the few helicopters in the city. We`re a real news helicopter, and this is what we do. We don`t just do promotional stuff,» said Bourdon.
As a result, a youthfull doll is safe. Emergency crews took her to the hospital for an evaluation before releasing her to her parents.
The female suspect, Reich, can be seen in surveillance movie wearing a sleeveless blue top, possibly a dress. She had dirty blonde hair up in a ponytail. The 2nd suspect, who police arrested Thursday, was wearing a bright yellow T-shirt, possibly for a lawn care or construction company.
A manager inwards the convenience store at the gas station said the man who originally parked the car realized it had been stolen a few minutes after being inwards.
«He said, ‘My car is stolen! I have my kid in the back sleeping,`» explained cashier Ijaz Ahmad. «I felt jumpy. He was jumpy as well.”
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Ahmad told forty one Act News the Letzig and Reich pulled away in the car after purchasing items inwards his store. He told us neither seemed suspicious while they shopped.
«They seemed normal,» he explained. «They seemed relaxed. I didn’t see something different.”
Police arrived at the gas station just two minutes after the initial emergency calls went out, Ahmad said.
«Within minutes, the white female came in and left with that vehicle,» explained Officer Patrick McCallop of the KCK Police Department. «It happened very quickly.»
«It was a busy situation,» explained McCallop. «When you treat a child abduction, it’s serious. We dreamed to locate that child as soon as we could.”
It wasn’t instantaneously clear what delayed or prevented law enforcement from issuing an AMBER Alert in this situation. We’ve begun reaching out for clarity on the protocol.
Anyone with any information about this incident is encouraged to call KCK police or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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