Note: This article, which first appeared in the news in May 2023, is being republished. The case that garnered national attention has come to a dramatic close.
When the lady who was suspected of kidnapping her daughter from a suburb of Illinois six years ago unexpectedly turned herself in. The mother of 15-year-old Kayla Unbehaun,
Heather Unbehaun, is now being held in the Kane County Adult Justice Center in Illinois on accusations of kidnapping without the possibility of release on bond.
Days after Kayla was discovered safe in North Carolina and reunited with her custodial father, an unexpected incident occurred. Unbehaun was apprehended on Saturday.
In North Carolina, where she was found, pursuant to an Illinois fugitive warrant, particularly on accusations of kidnapping and abduction of a child.
