A Missouri man was arrested after he was accused of trying to abduct a 3-year-old child from a highway rest stop. Jose Juan Martinez was taken into custody on October 18 and has been charged with one count of second-degree kidnapping following the incident, which took place shortly after 2 p.m. Authorities learned of the incident when an officer with the Neosho Police Department responded to a McDonald’s inside a Love’s Travel Stop in Newton County, Missouri. Cops received a report of a possible kidnapping that involved a young child, according to a probable cause affidavit...
Man Accused of Attempting to Abduct Child: 'Tell Your Grandparents Goodbye'
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Oct 29, 2026 • 52 minutes ago
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