INDIANAPOLIS – An 11-year-old child who a non-custodial parent took was located safe in Indianapolis early Monday, October 21.
At 2:00 a.m., ISP was contacted by a detective from the Iowa City Police Department in Iowa. The investigator was sharing information about a child abduction that occurred in their city on October 20, 2024. They believed the suspect was a non-custodial parent, and she was taking the 11-year-old to the East Coast, likely traveling through Indiana. Limited descriptive information was available; however, troopers immediately began searching the interstates.
At 2:39 a.m., a trooper located a grey 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix at a gas station on Lafayette Road just off I-65. The 11-year-old was in the vehicle with two adults.
36-year-old Ronique Pittman of Goldsboro, North Carolina, was taken into custody and incarcerated on an Iowa arrest warrant for child abduction by the non-custodial parent. The 11-year-old was transported to the Indiana State Police Post in Indianapolis and subsequently given to the Department of Child Services to arrange reunification with the custodial parent.
The lead agency for this case is the Iowa City Police Department.
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