Posted on 01/23/2007 7:39:14 PM PST by Kimmers
ELKHART (AP) - A mother and her four children were found safe Tuesday night at a motel, three days after police said they were abducted by the woman's former boyfriend.
The man, Jerry D. White, 30, was arrested, Detective Sgt. Bill Wargo said.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert for the four children, ages 16 months to 9 years old, and their mother, 31-year-old Kimberly N. Walker, on Saturday.
Police said White broke into Walker's house about 2 a.m. Saturday and shot her sister's boyfriend, Lathie Turnage, 30, of Chicago, once in the face and once in the chest. White then held everyone captive until leaving with Walker and the children nearly 10 hours later, police said.
An arrest warrant was issued charging Walker with attempted murder and several counts of confinement. Police said Walker was the father of all four children.
Turnage was reported in critical but stable condition on Monday at Elkhart General Hospital. An updated condition was not immediately available.
Police said White had been harassing Walker for several days and that her sister and her sister's boyfriend were staying with the family. Walker reported to police Friday that White had confined her in her car before stealing it, authorities said.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Good news!
Oh, good to hear
Prayers up for Turnage's full recovery!
A lot of boyfriends and no hubbies
I believe you spoke the truth.
I'm confused. Who's Walker and who's White?
I thought the suspect was the father of the children, but then who knows? I thought it was a little odd that he had a protective order served on him several years ago and yet one of the children is just barely over a year old.
"So you shot her new boyfriend and abducted her and her children? How's that working for you?"
It wasn't *her* boyfriend who got shot, it was her sister's - he was there to help protect her from this perp.
Thanks for posting this, otherwise I wouldn't have known.
The "news" programs were too busy Bush-bashing to waste any time on any real news.
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