Jane Priebe rescued after being kidnapped in Las Vegas

October 2024 ยท 3 minute read

A 28-year-old kidnapping victim was found alive in New Mexico Monday evening after she was dragged from a Las Vegas apartment, forced into a minivan and whisked away by her abductors.

Police in New Mexico say Jane Priebe was discovered inside the white vehicle near the city of Espanola at around 11.30pm.

The 28-year-old was said to have sustained unspecified injuries but was expected to survive.

ane Priebe, 28, was rescued by police in New Mexico more than 12 hours after she was abducted in Las Vegas Jack Morgan, 31, was detained as a person of interest in the case

Saved: Kidnapping victim Jane Priebe (left), 28, was rescued by police in New Mexico more than 12 hours after she was abducted in Las Vegas. Jack Morgan, 31 (right), was detained as a person of interest in the case

A person of interest identified as 31-year-old Jack Morgan was taken into custody in connection to the abduction. Another man, who has not been named as of Tuesday morning, was also detained.

Police in Las Vegas received a 911 call at around 10.30am on Monday about a woman only wearing her underwear who appeared to have been bound and was seen being dragged to a white minivan outside an apartment building at 4201 South Decatur Boulevard, reported Las Vegas Review-Journal. 

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The woman, later named as Jane Priebe, was observed being forced inside the American-made vehicle with a partial Texas license plate 'CT,' which then took off from the scene.

At around 9pm that evening, police named Jack Morgan as a person of interest in the suspected abduction.

At around 11.30pm Monday, police officers in Espanola, New Mexico, which is located more than 650 miles away from the scene of the kidnapping, spotted a minivan matching the description of the vehicle sent out by their counterparts in Las Vegas.

Police in Las Vegas received a 911 call about a woman only wearing her underwear who appeared to have been bound and was seen being dragged to a white van outside this apartment building at 4201 South Decatur Boulevard

Police in Las Vegas received a 911 call about a woman only wearing her underwear who appeared to have been bound and was seen being dragged to a white van outside this apartment building at 4201 South Decatur Boulevard

Priebe was rescued by police in Espanola, New Mexico, more than 650 miles away from the site of her kidnapping (seen on the map) 

Priebe was rescued by police in Espanola, New Mexico, more than 650 miles away from the site of her kidnapping (seen on the map) 

They pulled over the vehicle and discovered Jane Priebe inside. The 5-foot-8, 140-pound woman appeared to have been beaten, according to the station 3LV. She was taken to an area hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries.

Jack Morgan is expected to be extradited back to Las Vegas to face charges in the abduction.

Detectives said they do not know if the kidnapping was a random act of violence or a premeditated attack. There is also no word at this time on whether Priebe knew her kidnappers. 

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