CA CA - Video of woman thrown into van by man, Los Angeles, 5 July 2017

On July 5, 2017 at 12:30 p.m., in the 15000 block of El Cajon Street, LAPD Mission Division officers were notified of a kidnap investigation.

A video of the incident was located showing the victim talking with a heavyset male. A light blue Chrysler minivan, possibly a Town and Country Van was parked on the curb next to them. The female attempts to walk away, but the male follows her. He then opens the sliding door of the van as he continues to talk to her. The male grabs her by the hair and forcibly throws her inside the van. She tries to escape but he pushes her back inside the van. He then gets into the driver's seat and drives away with the victim still inside the van.

The female victim appears to be Hispanic, with long black hair, around 25 to 35 years old. The male is about 250 pounds, and around 30 to 35 years old. He is seen wearing a baseball cap that is turned backwards.

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Dushi said:

Did she throw something out of the van?

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anonypotomous said:

I thought it was he shoe coming off, but on a second viewing of that, it looks like there is someone in the front passenger seat that threw something out!

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Dushi said:

Did she throw something out of the van?

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mrsobrien said:

I saw something very similar irl once. Of course, I called police immediately! In my situation, it turned out to be a pimp/prostitute dispute.
Could this be the case here?

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AzPistonsGirl said:

First, looks like there is a second person in the van, who unlocks the door for the driver. He tries to open the door then knocks on the front door and then opens the back door. Also, yes, I see he threw something. I wonder if he used a cloth soaked in something (chloroform?) and that is what he threw. He appears to show her something, which at first I thought was a phone, like asking for directions, but then I think it may have been a white cloth that maybe he held against her face. Terrifying totally. Also interesting that the last few ticks of the video clock are "sped up" for lack of a better term. He walks around to the driver's side and then the van seems to pull away so quickly, like he didn't even have time to enter but if you watch the clock you see several fragments of seconds are "missing".

ETA: no, you're right, whatever was thrown was probably trash and did come from the passenger area. I thought he was showing her something but on a fourth review, I think I was mistaken.

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cvaldez1975 said:

to me I watched before reading, and I thought she knew him right away. I am thinking that this is a bf / former bf and he looks like a gangster to me.

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