Rémi Jacob, with AFP 10:20 am, May 19, 2023
Missing for six years, a little girl now a teenager was found this Saturday in the United States. Kayla Unbehaun was kidnapped by her mother, who was not in charge of her, in July 2017 in Illinois, reports CNN. The child had been the subject of a series on Netflix, "Unsolved Mysteries". It is thanks to this documentary that Kayla Unbehaun was recognized.This scenario is worthy of... Netflix series! It is July 4, 2017 when little Kayla, pagée of 9 years, disappears. Immediately, the suspicions fell on the mother, who did not have the right of custody but exceptionally enjoyed a right of access that day. So she was with her daughter.
A judgment on July 11
Kidnapping alert, arrest warrant against the mother, everything is done to find the girl. But nothing happens for six years, and that until the broadcast a few weeks ago of Unsolved Mysterie s, it means Unsolved Mysteries, it is a Netflix documentary series that focuses on news items, cold cases more precisely.
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Including an episode dedicated to parental abductions, where this story, the story of little Kayla, was told. And then last Saturday, everything accelerated, as a stranger recognized Kayla in a store in North Carolina. He had seen the Netflix series. He immediately called the local police. The mother was arrested. She will be tried on July 11 for the abduction of her daughter.