DECATUR COUNTY —The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is assisting authorities in northwest Kansas with an ongoing investigation of an abduction and holding a hostage that occurred June 1.
According to Decatur County Sheriff David Wachendorfer, Decatur County Dispatch in Oberlin received a report from a man that he had been kidnapped and had just escaped from his captors.
The victim was located and the incident appears to be valid, according to Wachendorfer. The kidnapping occurred in Oklahoma and the victim was able to escape while passing northwest Kansas. Law enforcement are asking for the public’s assistance in watching for a blue or green older model mini van with Oklahoma plates.
The vehicle is occupied by a white male about 5-foot-6, bald, with a long brown beard and tattoos on his chest.
The second subject is a black male 5-foot-10, chubby, with a mustache, goatee and face tattoos. The suspects are to be considered armed and dangerous. Do not approach them.