Dearborn Woman Stuffed in Trunk at Gunpoint, Jumps Out in Traffic

Two kidnapping suspects were taken into custody Wednesday by Dearborn police after a woman reported she had been forced into the trunk of their vehicle at gunpoint early Sunday morning, police said.

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The victim was able to escape by using the trunk release and jumped from the moving vehicle on eastbound Interstate 94 near Livernois in the city of Detroit, according to a news release from the Dearborn Police Department.

The woman told police she was abducted at her Dearborn residence in the area of Warren and Lonyo by a former female friend and the friend’s boyfriend.

A passing motorist stopped to assist the victim after she jumped from the trunk. She was taken by ambulance to Henry Ford Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspects fled after the woman escaped, but were apprehended in the city of Warren Wednesday, police said.

They have not yet been charged pending review by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad said police are “thankful that we were able to apprehend the perpetrators of the kidnapping quickly and that the victim escaped without serious injuries.”