CHICAGO (WLS) — A mother and two additional individuals facing charges related to the kidnapping of her 2-year-old daughter earlier this week on the city’s South Side have made their court appearance.
The child has since been found safe.
The three suspects will be held in custody pending their trials, court documents showed.
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According to Chicago police, the toddler was reported missing for several hours after being taken from a residence in the 4800 block of South Michigan Avenue around 4:50 a.m. on Wednesday.
The girl’s grandmother told ABC7 she received a ransom note.
Angelique Mobley, Lamon Weathers and Matthew Price are the suspects who have been charged, police said.
Mobley appeared in court for her detention hearing Saturday. She is the kidnapped girl’s biological mother, court documents showed.
Police said the girl was taken by Mobley and the two men during an armed robbery at the home.
The three suspect allegedly entered the home while everyone was sleeping and took the girl to Danville, Illinois, court documents showed.
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Two of the suspects were arrested on Wednesday, and the third was arrested on Thursday, CPD said.
Mobley faces charges of kidnapping, residential burglary, and child abduction, as stated by police. Weathers is accused of aggravated armed kidnapping and home invasion with a firearm. Price has been charged with aggravated armed kidnapping, home invasion with a firearm, and possession of a stolen vehicle.
A judge denied Mobley pre-trial release on Saturday, court records showed. Weathers and Price had also been denied pre-trial release.
Mobley’s next court date is August 1.
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