A Florida couple has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a baby from a Washington state city where one of the suspects posed as an Amazon delivery driver in an elaborate ruse, according to court documents obtained by Fox 13.
King County prosecutors have charged Marlly Jarina Ardila-Urrego, 33, and Chun Ho Vincent Lai, 42, with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary, second-degree assault of a child, first-degree robbery and second-degree assault, with aggravating factors for preying on a vulnerable victim and the sophistication of planning.
According to charging documents obtained by Fox 13, the two planned to kidnap the infant of one of Ardila-Urrego’s relatives. The couple lives in Florida, and traveled all the way up to Washington state solely to kidnap the 7-month-old baby, prosecutors said.
Around 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 20, shortly after the victim’s husband left for work, Vincent Lai, allegedly posed as an Amazon deliveryman holding a box, and knocked on the mother’s Federal Way apartment door, prosecutors said.
The woman, who was expecting a delivery, opened the door after looking through the peephole and was punched multiple times in the face and knocked to the ground, according to charging papers.
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