2 Sought In Attempted Kidnapping At 7-Eleven In Beverly

CHICAGO - Police in Chicago's 22nd District are investigating the second attempted kidnapping report in the Beverly neighborhood in a week. This time, surveillance images from the 7-Eleven store at 2421 W. 103rd St. could help identify the two people sought in the investigation.

A police community bulletin states that a Hispanic woman approached a 19-year-old woman and 13-year-old girl inside the store near 103rd and Western around 2:35 p.m. on Thursday and repeatedly asked them if they wanted to see her babies in her car.

According to police, "as the victims tried to disengage from the offender, the offender continued asking the victims to come to her car to see her babies."

The victims were able to leave the area and get the license plate number for the vehicle the woman returned to. It's a gold 2006 Dodge Minivan with a plate number of BA30918.

Inside the car with the woman was a Hispanic man between 30 and 40 years old, bald with some facial hair and weighing more than 375 pounds.

The woman is described as being between 30 and 40 years old, 5'7" to 5'10" with black hair and blonde/brown highlights on the top of her head. She was wearing a dark North Face jacket, gray sweatpants and a pink shirt with "PINK" written across the chest in white.

The reported attempted kidnapping is the second in the neighborhood in just a few days. On Monday night, police said an 11-year-old boy was able to escape an attempted kidnapping by a man and a woman inside a car driving in the alley near 111th and Campbell about a mile away.

19th Ward Ald. Matt O'Shea said in an email to ward residents that police do not believe the two incidents are related, however.

Anyone with information on the incident at 7-Eleven should call the Area South Bureau of Detectives at 312-747-8271. The incident reference number is JC247108.