Kayla Unbehoun was abducted by her own mother in 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Six years later, a man spotted her in a store in North Carolina and recognized her from the Netflix series.
The Netflix series Unsolved Mysteries was the key to solving a 2017 kidnapping, as a store owner in North Carolina recognized the victim in the episode titled “Abduction by Parents”. ,
This is Kayla Unbehoun, a 15-year-old girl who was abducted in Chicago, Illinois, by her own mother, Heather Unbehoun, when she was nine years old because the woman did not have custody of a minor.
Kayla’s father, Ryan Iserka, was granted full custody of the girl in early 2017 and Unbehoun is allowed supervised visits, Iserka told CNN affiliate WBBM.
UPDATE: Kayla Unbehaun, who was abducted in 2017 by her non-custodial mother Heather, has been found safe. A store owner in North Carolina recognized Kayla, now 15, from the roll call in Volume 3, Episode 9 "Abducted by a Parent" on @Netflix. Heather was arrested over the… pic.twitter.com/7QswAjUvLU
— Unsolved Mysteries (@Unsolved) May 16, 2023
But when she went to pick up her daughter on July 5, 2017, she did not return from the camping trip. For this reason, an arrest warrant was issued against Unbehoun in the criminal case of kidnapping.
Now, six years later, a man spotted Kayla at a store in Asheville and recognized her from an episode of the Netflix series, Samantha Booth of the Asheville Police Department told CNN.
Through a message on the social network, Netflix confirmed that “a store owner in North Carolina recognized Kayla Unbehoun, who was abducted by her mother without custody in 2017,” and called police. The forum said, “A specter of unsolved mysteries has closed a case!”.
An Unsolved Mysteries viewer has closed a case!
A store owner in North Carolina recognized Kayla Unbehaun — who was abducted in 2017 by her non-custodial mother — from the roll call in Volume 3, Episode 9. Kayla, now 15, is expected to return to her family in Illinois. pic.twitter.com/q8mTegq6xN
— Netflix (@netflix) May 16, 2023
Anbehoun was arrested last Saturday and set on $250,000 bail, Buncombe County, North Carolina Deputy Clerk Corey Alexander told CNN, with the defendant scheduled to appear in court July 11.
Meanwhile, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released a statement mentioning that in addition to thanking law enforcement for spreading information about her daughter’s disappearance, Iserka is overjoyed that her daughter is home. and is safe.
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