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Woman Abducted From Texas Found Safe In Motel In Suburban McCook

by Gavin Wright
January 3, 2021
in Texas
Woman Abducted From Texas Found Safe In Motel In Suburban McCook

TEXAS –  A woman kidnapped from Texas has been found safe in a suburban Chicago motel.

Police say Erika Valdez was kidnapped at gunpoint near Houston Tuesday by an acquaintance police identified as Abel Fajardo.

Friday police in west suburban Lyons got a tip that the pair was at a motel in McCook.

Officers found them and arrested Fajardo.

Valdez was found in a closet and taken to a local hospital with some cuts and bruises.

Police say Fajardo could face federal charges for taking the woman across state lines.

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