Calgary Police have arrested Enyi-Egbe Idedevbo, 28, of Windsor, Ont., and charged him with the kidnapping of a woman outside her workplace in May 2023.
Idedevbo appears in Calgary court Jan. 23. He was arrested Nov. 29, 2023, and Windsor Police Service helped. He was brought back to Calgary to face the charge.
Idedevbo is the second person arrested in the kidnapping.
On Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, Raejean Charles Sydey Hudson, 23, of Calgary, was charged with kidnapping.
Targeted kidnappings are often associated to organized crime and this is believed to be one such incident, say police. Investigators believe several individuals from the Calgary area conspired to commit this act of violence.
Shortly after 6 p.m., on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, a woman was returning to her vehicle in a parking lot outside of her workplace in southeast Calgary, when she was approached by an unknown man and forced into a vehicle. The woman’s family was notified that she had been taken and police were called out of concern for the woman’s well-being.
Several investigative resources were activated from the Calgary Police Service to locate and safely recover the woman. Police learned the victim was taken to an Airbnb rental located at 6 Citadel Estates Heights N.W., where she was held for several days. Investigators are releasing a photo of the property and are asking anyone who has information about the movements that occurred around the home during the time of the offence to contact police. The investigation has confirmed the homeowners were not involved in this incident and they are cooperating with police.
Just before 4 a.m., on Thursday, May 4, 2023, the woman was released on a rural road east of Calgary, physically unharmed.
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