INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police detectives arrested three women for kidnapping a 7-year-old from Indianapolis.
Police said the 7-year-old was found safe in Texas and is currently with child protective services while awaiting to be reunited with her father.
Around 7 p.m. on Monday, June 24, detectives in the Indianapolis District were contacted about an alleged child abduction.
Detectives determined the 7-year-old was in Fort Worth, Texas, with her 43-year-old biological mother, who does not have legal custody.
Then, detectives communicated with Fort Worth police officers, who located the child and arrested her mother.
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Detectives then learned two adult half sisters of the 7-year-old conspired with the mother to plan and carry out the kidnapping.
According to ISP, the two half sisters, a 26-year-old and 25-year-old, convinced their father that they were taking their 7-year-old sister to an amusement park in southern Indiana.
Detectives said the two half sisters picked up their younger sister from their father's house in Indianapolis on June 19 and were supposed to go to the amusement park the next day.
The two half sisters then drove the girl to Missouri, where she boarded a plane with her mother and flew to Texas.
When the father contacted the two half sisters, they allegedly told him that the girl's mother arrived to the amusement park and took her from them. The half sisters told their father that the mother likely saw a post on social media, alerting her that the girl was at the amusement park.
Detectives later learned the social media post was part of the kidnapping plan, as they created the fake post about being there while they were collaborating with the mother.
Police said the mother is facing preliminary charges of kidnapping, while Indiana State Police troopers arrested the two half sisters, who are both facing preliminary charges of kidnapping.
