THE 35-YEAR-OLD woman who was reported to have been kidnapped in Kingston on Wednesday morning was found alive and well by the police yesterday.
Det. Senior Supt. Tony Hewitt, Metro crime officer, CIB Headquarters, East Queen Street, Kingston, said the woman and her 1989 white motor car were found on the Norman Manley Highway which runs from Harbour View to the Norman Manley International Airport, East Kingston.
The officer said the men had apparently forced her to inhale substance which left her groggy and unable to drive. She woke up on the beach and managed to walk to the road where, about 1 a.m., she flagged down a passing patrol car which picked her up.
Reports are that the woman, who works as a secretary at a company in Kingston, was abducted in the Richmond Park area. The police said a vehicle with three men forced her off the road and then the men commandeered her vehicle.
The reports said she was driven to several sections of the Corporate Area and at one stage was blindfolded.
The police took her to hospital for observation and she was later sent home. They took her car to the Elletson Road police station, East Kingston, for forensic tests.
According to the police, on Wednesday she dropped off her son at Meadowbrook High School, St. Andrew, about 6.30 a.m. and then headed for work. About 8.30 a.m., she called her boss, sobbing, and told him she had been kidnapped by men who were demanding $100,000 for her release.
According to the police, the men did not get any money. The police believed it was a genuine case of abduction, but that the men were not really "professionals".
