GI Police: No negligence by parents in Sunday kidnapping case
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Police are sharing new details about the circumstances that led to three children being kidnapped during the theft of a car early Sunday morning.
Grand Island Police say there was no negligent behavior by the parents. An investigation shows the parents loaded the five-year-old, one-year-old and seven-month-old children in the car because of the cold, before starting a brief conversation with neighbors. That’s when the suspects stole the running vehicle, according to video evidence obtained by police.
A news release says the children have been treated for possible hypothermia and frostbite, released and reunited with their family.
The suspects, a 17-year-old Hastings male and 18-year-old Tate Wolfe of Kearney, remain in the Hall County Jail.