Accused parental kidnapper returned to Idaho
Laurel E. Hannah, 40, is pictured with a team of deputy U.S. Marshals after arriving at the Spokane International Airport with the Sandpoint woman in custody. Hannah was charged with second-degree kidnapping after allegedly fleeing with her 1-year-old child to Costa Rica.
(Photo courtesy U.S.. MARSHALS SERVICE)
A Sandpoint woman wanted on charges second-degree kidnapping is back in the country after a team of deputy U.S. Marshals arrived at the Spokane International Airport late Thursday with her in custody.
Laurel E. Hannah, 40, who did not have custody of her 1-year-old child, allegedly took the youth and fled to Costa Rica in late summer. An arrest warrant was issued in mid-August for Hannah on a charge of custodial interference and she was later charged with second-degree kidnapping by the Bonner County Prosecutor’s Office.
“Thank you to all the agencies coming together on this case, especially since there was a child involved," Sandpoint Police Corey Coon said.
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