4 accused in the Utah Kid-Kidnapping investigation that sparked Amber Alert

Salt Lake City-Criminal Acute were filed on Wednesdays on Wednesday, the police say that it caused an Amber alert as part of an investigation to approach the child who involved an 18-month-old girl and her non-Custodial mother.

Holly Angelina Smith, 32 years old, from Salt Lake City, is accused at the court of District 3 with the abduction of the child, a first -degree crime; Abuse of children, a class A crime; and offering false information to a police officer, a Class Crime Crime

Three other, Jose Francisco Robils-Pieto, 47 years old; Joey Frederick Jimenez, 41 years old; And Eric Mathew Jimenez, 37, all from Salt Lake City, were also accused of kidnapping the child, a first -degree crime. Robles-Pieto and Eric Jimenez received additional obstruction charges, a second-degree crime.

On February 21, a court judge ordered Smith’s daughter, Josephina Jimenez, 18 months old, to be taken to state protection custody. Following the judgment, Smith “fled from the court”, went to the residence in which she was sitting and left with her daughter before the arrival of the Children’s and Family Service Division, according to the tax documents.

Asked the police in Salt Lake A amber alert be issued on Friday around 7:10 pm. The alert was canceled immediately after 11:40 am after the girl was found.

During their search for Josephina, the police discovered text messages between Joey Jimenez and another person in which he “asked for … money to get Eric Jimenez, Smith and (Josephina) a room to hide,” says the charges. But when the detectives questioned Eric Jimenez, he “reported that he did not see” the mother or the child and “had nothing to say,” according to the police. He was arrested at that time to investigate the obstruction of justice.

Joey Jimenez claimed that she took Smith and her daughter in the 1300th area to the Jordan River route. When the police checked their phone, they found “more text messages and phone calls about where to hide” mother and daughter, I support the accusations. He was then arrested.

The officers looking for the area noticed Smith and Robils-Privito-biological father of Josephina-deriving near Redwood Road while pushing a shopping cart. Smith was wrapped in a blanket and initially gave the police a false name when he was interrogated, according to the charges. Smith has been positively identified, however, because of his tattoos.

After being placed in handcuffs, she said to the police: “She is right there, she is,” as she nodded to the shopping cart. Then he said: “I did not kidnap my daughter. I have never kidnapped it, “according to the accusation documents.

In the shopping cart, the police found that Josephina “was pale and seemed to be cold”, and her pants were “soaked in the urine,” the accusations said. “Her hair was knotted and matte, and she smelled like cigarettes and” burnt heroin. ” (Josephina) was also observed that she has dirt on her feet, hands, face, arms and abdomen and did not wear a diaper.

The police say Smith was confronted while being questioned. At one point, she would have told the detectives: “I am not proud of … pushing my daughter on the street in a shopping cart to reach point A at point B, because I had to hide after the court all day, because I knew they would … to draw something (things) and try to put an amber alert.”