Manitoba mother-child kidnapping suspect arrested in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – A 2-year-old daughter has been arrested in a police investigation into the alleged kidnapping of a Manitoba woman.
According to the RCMP, 62-year-old Michael Stephen Klimchuk was safely arrested by Winnipeg police on Sunday morning and is currently in RCMP custody at Portage La Prairie.
The Mounties said the stranger allegedly pretended to need help on the side of the road when the woman was driving with her child near Portage La Prairie late Friday afternoon. He said he stopped the car to help the family, but was then ordered to drive to Winnipeg.
Cpl. Julie Courchaine said at a press conference on Saturday that police were issuing an Amber Alert when the suspect fled the car and a woman called to say she and her daughter were safe in Winnipeg’s Polo Park neighborhood. He said there is
Courchaine said neither the woman nor the child were physically injured.
The RCMP claims the incident is related to another incident that afternoon when a suspect in a stolen van collided with a police car in the Portage La Prairie parking lot.
This report by the Canadian Press was first published on November 27, 2022.
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Manitoba mother-child kidnapping suspect arrested in Winnipeg
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