Crime & Safety
Kidnapping Suspects Used Vacant Home as Hideout
Authorities tell real estate agents to ensure the properties they're selling are well secured.
Police are urging real estate agents to make sure unoccupied properties up for sale are well secured as an investigation reveals that a kidnapped 10-year-old girl was held captive at a vacant Northridge home.
The girl was snatched on March 27 and safely found near a Starbucks in Canoga Park later that day. An LAPD statement says the alleged abductors held the girl at at unsold home or a house that could have been in escrow in her neighborhood.
One of the suspects, 29-year-old Daniel Martinez, was arrested earlier this week and arraigned on Wednesday, while another suspect, 30-year-old Tobias Dustin Summers remains at large.
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Police want real estate agents to ensure that all windows, doors, back houses, sheds, garages and basements are securely locked.
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