Garden City police officers find kidnapped 15-year-old girl during traffic stop
A missing 15-year-old girl was rescued by Kansas police officers during a traffic stop early Sunday morning.
Garden City Police Department Sgt. Lana Urteaga said in a news release that GCPD officers pulled over a vehicle at around 3 a.m. The passenger was a 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing.
Investigators determined the girl had been taken and held against her will on Dec. 23 by Cipriano Garcia, police said. Garcia was found on Monday, arrested and booked into the Finney County Jail on suspicion of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery.
This story was originally published December 30, 2019 at 10:32 PM.