In a assertion shared to Fb on Saturday, the Kansas Freeway Patrol (KHP) reported that one in every of its troopers had rescued a kidnapped 6-year-old woman at a site visitors cease.

In response to KHP, the trooper — who’s with its felony interdiction unit — stopped an SUV for a site visitors violation, and located two males of their 60s and just a little woman within the automotive, with the KHP officer studying that the driving force had a “felony historical past” and the passenger had a warrant out for his arrest for kidnapping a 6-year-old woman.

“Through the site visitors cease, it was found that the entrance seat passenger had a warrant for his arrest from one other state for kidnapping a 6-year-old woman simply over a month prior,” the assertion learn. “The trooper had noticed a woman about that age within the automobile with the 2 grownup male occupants, each of whom had been of their 60’s. The motive force had a felony historical past to incorporate murder and quite a few weapons violations through the years.”

KHP stated the trooper and a neighborhood sheriff’s deputy “rapidly secured each the driving force and the passenger,” earlier than the trooper “safely eliminated the little woman from the automobile.”

The publish stated the woman “gave the trooper a false title and date of start, after having been coached to take action, in an try and maintain the grownup out of jail.”

After the KHP trooper “calmed the woman down,” she gave him her actual title.

“She was the kidnapping sufferer, who had been with this suspect for over a month on the run,” KHP stated in its assertion. “Fortunately the woman was unhurt, and the boys had been taken into custody.”

The Fb publish additionally included two photographs of the SUV in what seemed to be the site visitors cease on the facet of the freeway. One shot featured a person along with his palms up within the air as he stood on the facet of the highway, whereas the second picture confirmed just a little woman speaking to a different man.

KHP later up to date its publish by expressing its gratitude for the help it obtained following the rescue.

“Thanks for the outpouring of help for the Kansas Freeway Patrol and for the trooper concerned. That is an unimaginable story that highlights the unpredictable nature of a trooper’s job and the true impression they’ll have on individuals’s lives,” it wrote.

KHP stated it will not be sharing extra particulars concerning the site visitors cease — together with the identities — regardless of receiving “many requests.”

“Sadly, we’re unable to launch any additional particulars of this incident in order that we will proceed to guard the identification of the kid and integrity of open instances,” the assertion learn.  “We respect your understanding as we proceed our investigation.”

KHP didn’t reveal when the site visitors cease and rescue occurred. Nonetheless, native CBS affiliate KCTV reported, citing KHP, that the arrests occurred in February.