On 09-05-2019 at about 5:25 PM, Deputies were dispatched to a possible stolen vehicle and child abduction at the Coyote Valley Casino in Redwood Valley, California.
Upon their arrival, Deputies contacted an adult female who advised someone took her vehicle with her 16 month old infant inside it.
The adult female had met the suspect, later identified as Wanda Cowan, the previous night and had traveled from Lake County to the Coyote Valley Casino on 09-05-2019 with her. When the adult female walked into the casino, Cowan left the area in the adult female's vehicle.
Cowan reportedly did not have permission to take the adult female's child, or her vehicle from the casino area.
Deputies immediately issued a Be-On-The-Look-Out (BOLO) to surrounding law enforcement agencies for the vehicle and the infant .
Deputies were in the process of getting an AMBER Alert issued, when a California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer located the vehicle traveling on Highway 101 in Willits, California.
The vehicle was stopped by CHP and the infant was located on the back seat unrestrained. The infant was not injured and was quickly reunited with her mother.
Cowan was arrested for possession of stolen property (496(a) PC), kidnapping (207 PC), and child endangerment (273a PC).
Cowan was booked into the Mendocino County Jail without incident, where she was to be held in lieu of $250,000.00 bail.
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