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Published 2 years ago

Texas woman accused of kidnapping migrant baby, holding him for ransom for months

Summary by Ground News
Jenna Leigh Roark, 45, was arrested in September on charges of hostage-taking. Honduran national told police she had been separated from her infant son since May. Roark would initially demand $8,000 from the mother, but later dropped the figure down to $5,800.

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New York PostNew York Post

Texas woman kidnapped migrant baby, held him for $8K ransom for 5 months: feds

A Texas woman has been accused of offering a Honduran migrant a ride before snatching her baby and then holding him for ransom for five months, a recently unsealed federal complaint says.

2 years ago·New York, United States
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CBS NewsCBS News

Texas woman accused of kidnapping migrant baby and holding him for ransom for months

The woman claimed her husband was in trouble with the Mexican mafia and that the child had been sent to her by a man in Mexico.

2 years ago
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NBC NewsNBC News

A Texas woman is accused of offering a migrant a ride and then holding her baby for ransom for months

A Honduran national who crossed the border into the U.S. told police that her baby was stolen and held for ransom after an El Paso, Texas, woman offered her a ride earlier this year, according to a federal criminal complaint.

2 years ago·United States
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NBC Dallas-Fort WorthNBC Dallas-Fort Worth

A Texas Woman is Accused of Offering a Migrant a Ride and Then Holding Her Baby for Ransom for Months

The FBI was alerted to the case on Sept. 26 when police in Florida contacted them about a woman who said she had been separated from her infant son since May...

2 years ago·Fort Worth, United States
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WLTXWLTX

Texas woman accused of kidnapping migrant baby, holding him for ransom for months

Jenna Leigh Roark, 45, was arrested in September on charges of hostage-taking and aiding and abetting, according to a federal criminal complaint.

2 years ago·Columbia, United States
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La OpinionLa Opinion

Texas woman offered transportation to a migrant woman to steal her baby for 5 months and demand $8,000 in ransom

Jenna Leigh Roark offered to transport a Honduran immigrant and instead kidnapped her son for five months demanding a ransom of $8,000 and was caught trafficking other undocumented immigrants in El Paso

2 years ago
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