Boise police are investigating the kidnapping of a young girl

BOISE, Idaho – Boise Police are asking the public for information regarding a reported abduction of a young girl on South Curtis Road on Monday, May 6th.

Police said Thursday the girl was playing outside an apartment complex when the man asked her to get into his car so he could take her to her mother.

According to the police report, the girl refused. The man then put the girl in his car and drove away with her, but then turned around and dropped her back at the apartment complex.

The incident happened just before 5:30 p.m. on Monday and the girl’s family notified police on Tuesday morning.

BPD said the girl was not injured in the abduction attempt and is receiving services and support from her family.

The suspect is described as a mostly bald black male with short black hair on the sides and back of his head. He also had a mustache, two large front teeth and wore sunglasses, Thursday’s news release said.

The vehicle in the incident is described as a small black sedan or passenger car. Boise police said they collected video evidence near the 500 block of South Curtis Road and officers conducted multiple interviews.

According to police, there have been two other reports of child enticement in the area in recent months. On March 17, a man reportedly asked two children to help him at another apartment complex in the 5800 block of West Kootenai Lane.

The suspect may have been a Middle Eastern man with darker skin and darker hair. According to Boise police, he may have been associated with a white van seen in the area. The man left after the children ran away.

Another report came from the apartment complex on Curtis Road on December 12, 2023. Police said a suspect asked two girls to sit in his car after rolling down the windows, but left after the girls did not comply. The vehicle is described as a gray or dark gray older sedan with tinted windows.

The suspect in the December report is described as a black man in his 20s or 30s with a clean-shaven face, BPD said. The man wore a dark baseball cap and spoke broken, accented English.

“Boise Police were monitoring the area during school bus drop-off hours when the incident occurred and were unable to locate a similar-looking vehicle or other evidence,” Thursday’s news release said.

Anyone with information about the three incidents is asked to call Ada County Dispatch at 208-377-6790. If similar suspicious behavior is observed, investigators urge the public to call 911.

Boise Police encourage parents to talk to children about strangers and who they might talk to or walk with. Children should also be given safe places to go, especially on the way to school.

Click here for more safety tips for parents and children provided by the Boise Police Department.

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