Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Unidentified Man Kidnapped near West Phoenix Dairy Queen


View Larger MapPhoenix Police on Monday asked for the public's help after an unidentified man was possibly kidnapped by two men in west Phoenix. The victim was last seen Thursday morning getting into a taxi at a Dairy Queen near 75th Avenue and Camelback Road, Phoenix Police said. Witnesses reported seeing two men in a maroon Mitsubishi Galant drive up in front of the cab, preventing it from leaving, Phoenix police spokesperson James Holmes said. One of the men from the Galant then walked out of the car and began yelling at the victim in Spanish, police said. Witnesses said one of the men held the victim in a headlock and forced him to get into the Galant before driving north, Holmes said. The driver of the car was described only as a Hispanic male between the ages of 17 and 20, police said. The victim was described as a Hispanic man, 40 to 50 years old, 5 feet to 5 feet 5 inches tall, with a medium build, beard and moustache, Holmes said. Although no weapons were seen by witnesses, the man who removed the victim from the cab kept one of his hands in his pocket the entire time, leading witnesses to believe he was concealing a weapon, Holmes said. Anyone with information on the possible kidnapping are asked to call the Phoenix Police Violent Crimes Bureau at (602)262-6141 or Silent Witness at (480)W.I.T.N.E.S.S.