Woman in custody after child kidnapping leads to high-speed chase through Johnson County
Police have arrested a woman after an alleged kidnapping of a two-year-old boy in Kansas City, Kansas and and a high speed chase that ended in Miami County Thursday, a police spokeswoman said.
The boy was kidnapped around 11:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of North 26th Street, said Nancy Chartrand, a spokeswoman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
A Dodge Charger with the boy inside fled the area and headed south through Johnson County, at times reaching speeds over 100 mph, according to scanner traffic captured by Broadcastify.com.
The Kansas Highway Patrol assisted with the pursuit and eventually stopped the fleeing vehicle using a tire deflating devices near 247th Street and U.S. 69, Chartrand said.
The child is safe, she said. The woman was taken into custody.
It was not immediately known the circumstances around the kidnapping and whether the woman knew the child.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published October 22, 2020 at 1:00 PM.
