8/24/2021- 7:20 p.m.
Oregon – Elizabeth Zurcher-Wood was arrested Sunday for attempting to kidnapĀ a child from downtown Portland.
Portland police responded to the area in front of the Voodoo Donuts at 22 Southwest 3rd Avenue where a woman was attempting to kidnap a child while threatening the parents with a machete. Alexandra Perez, the childās mother, told police that she was getting pizza with her 6-year-old son and a group of friends near 3rd Avenue.Ā
According to court documents, Zurcher-Wood walked up to them, talking to herself and accused them of kidnapping her son. Perez, her son and group, tried to get away, but Zurcher-Wood followed them, saying that Perezās son was hers and that they had kidnapped him.
Zurcher-Wood was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon, menacing, first-degree bias crime and unlawful use of a weapon.
Court documents said Zurcher-Wood then reached out and tried to grab the boy. Perez threw her pizza at Zurcher-Wood and told her to leave them alone. Zurcher-Wood pulled out a machete, threatened Perez, who is Black, and called her a racial slur. A second person in the group confirmed the incident to the police.
