PORT ARTUR, Texas — Detectives with the Port Arthur Police Department are investigating a report of an aggravated kidnapping.
The call came in to dispatch around 1 p.m. Thursday.
A woman said she was kidnapped near the 3600 block of Highway 73.
Officers found the woman near a wooded area after a brief search. She was taken to a nearby hospital and is now safe, according to Mike Herbert with the Port Arthur Police Department.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
Full release from Port Arthur Police Department…
On 02-04-21 at 1:00pm the Port Arthur Police Department received information of an Aggravated Kidnapping in a wooded area north of Hwy 73 in the 3600 Blk.
After a brief search, officers located a female victim who was immediately transported to a local hospital. There will be no further information released at this time due to the fluid nature of this investigation.
