Tyler Abduction Probe

TYLER – Tyler police are looking for a Hispanic male on charges of unlawful restraint. Officers were called to East Texas Medical Center around 9:00 Monday night. A woman told officers she had been abducted while going to the hospital.

She said she was in the area of South Beckham and East Erwin streets when a Hispanic Male offered her ride to ETMC. She told officers the man immediately deviated from the route to the hospital and would not allow her out of the vehicle. The man transported her victim out of the city at a high rate of speed. She was unable to get out of the vehicle until they were in the area of County Road 211 and Farm to Market Road 850. She said she jumped from the vehicle. She was found by a Smith County Sheriff’s deputy. She was then transported to East Texas Medical Center for treatment of her injuries.

The Hispanic male is described as being in his 40’s with a light beard, wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. The suspect’s vehicle is described as a dark green two door, possibly Ford Ranger with dark tinted windows. The vehicle also had a piece of plywood in the bed protruding over the tail gate.