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Police: Alleged Kidnappers Turn Over 3-Year-Old Girl

Posted: 9:15 pm MST January 30, 2008Updated: 9:28 pm MST January 31, 2008

El Paso police met with two alleged kidnappers and their alleged victim Thursday.

Daniel Escobar, 25, Monica Iglesias, 23, brought Jaylin Marie Talamantes, 3, to meet officials at the El Paso Del Norte Bridge, according to police.

Jaylin's family spoke exclusively to KFOX Thursday morning about the violent abduction that allegedly happened Wednesday around 5 p.m. at the Kennedy Apartments.

Jaylin’s stepmother, Brenda Solis, said a man knocked on the door and asked if her husband, Jesus Talamantes, was home. She told the man no. Solis said the man, who is believed to be Jaylin’s biological mother’s boyfriend, tried opening the locked metal screen door and then started kicking it.

Solis said she locked herself in the apartment with her children, but Escobar kicked the window and made his way inside, officials said. Solis and Escobar struggled for the child; he punched her and took Jaylin from her arms, according to Solis.

Police said Escobar left the apartment with Jaylin through the broken window. Solis said she saw Jaylin’s mother, Iglesias, standing outside of the apartment before she ran off toward the parking lot.

Escobar and Iglesias called police after 3 p.m. Thursday to meet with them at the bridge.

Talamantes was in good condition when police arrived, and she was turned over to Child Protective Services.

Escobar and Iglesias were place under arrest on a warrant charging burglary of habitation and booked into the El Paso County Jail.
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