A Florida couple was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping an infant from a Washington state city, with one of the suspects posing as an Amazon delivery driver in a sophisticated ruse, according to court documents obtained by FOX 13.
King County prosecutors charged Marley Jarina Aldila Urrego, 33, and Trung Ho Vincent Lai, 42, with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, second-degree assault of a child, He was charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree assault. Aggravating factors and sophisticated schemes to prey on vulnerable victims.
According to an indictment obtained by Fox 13, the two planned to kidnap the infant of one of Ardila Urrego’s relatives. Prosecutors say the couple lives in Florida and traveled all the way to Washington state just to kidnap the 7-month-old baby.
Prosecutors say that at around 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 20, shortly after the victim’s husband left for work, Vincent Lai posed as an Amazon delivery worker and arrived at his mother’s apartment in Federal Way with a box. He allegedly knocked on the door. A woman waiting for her delivery looked through the peephole, then opened the door and was punched multiple times in the face and knocked to the ground, according to her indictment.
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Prosecutors said the mother was zip-tied at the wrists and ankles, and the 2-year-old’s mouth was taped shut. The victim later told police that she saw an unknown woman wearing a white mask and dress enter the apartment with a man.
Court documents describe the ordeal as the couple placed the baby in an Amazon box and forced the mother into a bedroom with her 2-year-old child. They gagged her with baby clothes and tape, then taped another child’s mouth shut and told her they would stab her infant if she didn’t cooperate, according to court documents.
Once the couple took off, the victim was able to loosen and remove the zip ties around her ankles and ran outside with her other child to search for the baby.
Even though the couple stole her cell phone, the mother immediately called 911 and gave a statement about the suspect and what happened. The victim’s father also met with police and said he believed Ardila Urrego was behind her kidnapping, saying things like she had given birth to a baby and sold it for money. Told.
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Surveillance footage from a neighbor showed a white sedan with no front license plate leaving the apartment complex’s parking lot at 9:46 a.m., prosecutors said. According to the indictment, a neighbor “saw a man and woman running back to a white car carrying a heavy red bag.”
After collecting evidence and surveillance video, FBI agents were able to track the location of Aldila Urrego’s cell phone, according to the indictment. Prosecutors also found previous police cases in Florida showing Aldila Urrego and Lai’s “involvement” related to domestic violence, leading the FBI to information about Lai’s car, prosecutors said. Ta.
Aldila Urrego, baby Rai and the kidnapped 7-month-old baby were all in the car, and the Florida couple was arrested. The baby is back at home. Bail for Aldila Urrego and Lai was set at $750,000, and arraignments are scheduled for 9 a.m. March 7 in Kent County.
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The complaint does not mention a specific motive, and prosecutors said there was no evidence that “mental illness or substance abuse contributed to this crime.” Prosecutors said it appears that the victims were targeted because they were known to the defendants and were known to have children.
