Mom Successfully Uses MySpace To Find Someone To Kidnap Her Child

[matcom]

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Ah, MySpace. A Web site to meet friends, try online dating or, in the case of a San Antonio mother, to orchestrate the abduction of a child, authorities allege.

Authorities said 20-year-old Lisa Gonzales recently used the popular networking site to post a message offering $500 to anyone willing to snatch her toddler son from her estranged boyfriend. Two people agreed to the scheme, and on Saturday night, authorities said, they took the screaming 2-year-old boy from the house he shares with his father and grandparents.

Chasing after the kidnappers, the boy's father, Vernardo "Ben" Morales, said Monday night that he nearly lost his mind watching his son get tossed into a vehicle that sped away.

"The first thing I thought was 'I'm going to murder this guy, I don't care what happens to me.' I just kept saying, 'I want to hurt this guy. He took my kid,'" Morales said in an interview at his home.

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Investigators quickly traced Junior's whereabouts to Gonzales around 2 a.m. Sunday, Bexar County sheriff's Sgt. Russell McWhorter said. Soon after, McWhorter said, they located others in connection with the solicitation, including an aunt of Gonzales who authorities said drove the young mother to a pizzeria to meet the pair who responded to her ad.

Each was charged with agreeing to abduct a child in exchange for compensation, a state felony. Gonzales, her 35-year-old aunt Jeanette Noah and 27-year-old Rosita Ybanez were released after posting $10,000 bonds. Reynaldo Galvan, 31, accused along with Ybanez of participating in the kidnapping, remained held on a $12,000 bond because he had two outstanding warrants, McWhorter said.

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[Bassic]

1. Can you imagine how scared that poor kid must have been?

Jesus Christ, the shit people will for a few bucks... :argh: