A man accused of kidnapping the daughter of two young women from a Kansas home was arrested Sunday after a three-state search of the children, state officials said. Both the girls were found safe and are in the custody of the father.
Authorities began searching for 7-year-old Nora Jackson and 7-year-old Avon Jackson after they reported missing young girls from a home in Livonworth, 40 minutes south of Kansas City, NBC-affiliated KSHB-TV reported. Their disappearance triggered amber warnings in Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigations said in a tweet Saturday that the two girls were abducted by their father, 40-year-old Donnie Jackson, who is believed to be involved in the double murder of two boys found at the Levenworth home.
The younger boys were not immediately identified, but Major Jim Shirley of the Levenworth County Sheriff’s Office Fees said during a news conference Saturday that he believes the boys are 11 and 14 years old and is the girls’ sister.
Late Saturday night, Amber’s warning was revoked.
According to the KBI, an officer found a Honda Accord in the middle of the Amber Alert near the Texas-Oklahoma border in Eric, Oklahoma, after Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Beckham County officials pulled Jackson into custody.
Both young men and women were healed and soon returned to their families, KSHB reported.
No other details were immediately available about when the double slaughter took place.
Less than an hour before Levenworth County deputies discovered the double slaughter, Donnie’s vehicle was stopped by Kansas Highway Patrol for an “unrelated car stop” near the Oklahoma border, according to KBI. Both girls were inside the vehicle at the time.
Shirley said it was a “basic traffic stop.”
“They contacted the vehicle and it was before the law enforcement warned of an incident that happened here,” Sherley said.
He added that Jackson had “dealt” with the sheriff’s office fees in the past, but was unaware of the amount of calls to his home.
