Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Rachel Batista and Sarah Zaragoza accused of kidnapping 81-year-old woman

Posted by Justin Kendall on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:00 AM

click to enlarge Rachel Batista: Alleged old lady abductor.
  • Rachel Batista: Alleged old lady abductor.

As far as crimes go, kidnapping and robbing little old ladies is pretty much ball-sweat disgusting.

Rachel Ann Batista and Sarah Nicole Zaragoza are accused of scooping up 81-year-old Edna Wells at knife-point from a Price Chopper parking lot on Shawnee Mission Parkway last Wednesday afternoon. One of the women allegedly made Wells drive her to M&I Bank (6333 Long) to withdraw money and later to Capital Federal (5700 Nieman).

At Cap Fed, Edna was able to mouth "help" to the teller, who figured out something wasn't right.



click to enlarge Sarah Zaragoza
  • Sarah Zaragoza
Wells' captor figured out something was wrong and fled in Wells' 1999

Buick LeSabre.

Johnson County prosecutors charged 40-year-old Batista and 22-year-old

Zaragoza with kidnapping and aggravated robbery yesterday. They're being

held on $50,000 bond each.

Batista has a 2004 conviction for

escaping custody. In 2002, she pleaded guilty to misdemeanor

theft charges.

If this is all true, Batista and Zaragoza should be forced to spend the next 10 to 15 years at an old folks' home, listening to Grandpa Simpson-like stories.

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