AURORA, Ill. — A woman is in custody on Friday after authorities say she was allegedly paid by a man to abduct his two biological children from a home in the Western suburbs and bring them to him in Mexico.
According to Aurora police, 47-year-old Cindy Sanchez, a Fort Worth, Texas, resident, has been charged with two counts of kidnapping, two counts of child abduction and two counts of unlawful restraint.
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The charges were handed down following her arrest at Chicago’s Midway International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
Police said an investigation into the alleged abduction began after Aurora police were notified about the possible kidnapping of an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old from a home in the 500 block of Rosewood Avenue.
Officers arrived on the scene and learned that the two children, who had been staying with family at the home, left the area after an unknown female arrived at the home and told the residents that she needed to take the children to their mother out of state on her behalf.
It was later determined that the woman was allegedly not permitted to take the children.
Auropra officers called in the help of Chicago police as they searched for the children, and CPD officers later located the Sanchez and the children at Midway.
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Further investigation revealed that Sanchez had allegedly been paid by the children’s biological father, who does not have legal custody of them, to bring them to him in Mexico through the Texas border.
After locating the children, officers reunited them with their family members in Aurora.
Officers said the children were not injured in the incident.
Sanchez is currently in custody at the Kane County Jail awaiting her pre-trial hearing.
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