Found Safe Lacey Overby, 37, Kidnapped, DeSoto, Tx 1 Feb 2024

[nhmemorymaker]

Yep, same here. Did she go to the hospital for blood work I wonder? If I was forced to take an unknown substance I for sure would want to know what it was.

I would suspect "evaluation at the hospital" would include that.

I find this very believable and very scary.

 

[KooshBall]

Yep, same here. Did she go to the hospital for blood work I wonder? If I was forced to take an unknown substance I for sure would want to know what it was.

It must not have been anything very strong if she was able to keep driving.

 

[LeahBee]

Wonder if they have cctv footage of any of these stops... particularly at the gas station

 

[azure]

Wow, it is definitely worth it to read the article linked by caringo above.

That is quite the story.

She neglected to account for the alleged kidnapper's departure from the vehicle...

 

[ConcernedVA]

If he reached in to put the car in park, wouldn't that be awkward? On most automatics the lever for that is to the right, behind the steering wheel. On my car, you'd have to lean all the way in with your head in the car to reach between the driver and passenger seats. Assuming then the victim's response is to freeze and not slap his hands or try to roll the window up higher.

Either her doors would have to already be unlocked or he would have then had to unlock the door to hop in the back.

He would have had to do serious planning and maybe practicing to pull that off.

 

[cujenn81]

If he reached in to put the car in park, wouldn't that be awkward? On most automatics the lever for that is to the right, behind the steering wheel. On my car, you'd have to lean all the way in with your head in the car to reach between the driver and passenger seats. Assuming then the victim's response is to freeze and not slap his hands or try to roll the window up higher.

Either her doors would have to already be unlocked or he would have then had to unlock the door to hop in the back.

He would have had to do serious planning and maybe practicing to pull that off.

She was driving a 2015 Chevy Malibu. The gear shift is located between the front car seats.

Former Burkburnett woman missing in DeSoto, police investigating as kidnapping

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A former Burkburnett resident’s kidnapping is being investigated by the DeSoto Police Department. Lacey Lyn Overby, 37, went missing on Thursday, February 1, accor…

www.ktsm.com

https://www.cars.com/research/chevrolet-malibu-2015/

I'm not saying what this woman says happened didn't happen, but A LOT of the details don't add up.

Woman at center of DeSoto CLEAR Alert says she was physically assaulted, forced to take pills by her kidnapper

While clutching onto her rosary, the woman who was at the center of a CLEAR Alert earlier this month recounts a harrowing experience she says that started with her wanting to help out a seemingly homeless man. It ended with her at the border.

www.fox4news.com

1) He assaulted her by choking her and forced her to take some pills.
He made her take pills before forcing her to DRIVE FOR 8 HOURS?
WHY? What did these pills do?

2) They stopped three times -- once for gas, once for him to use the bathroom, and once when he got out of the car.
Why didn't she try to flee while he was in the bathroom?
Why didn't she try to discretely warn someone that she was in danger when they were at the gas station?

3) He took her phone, license, and a picture of her daughter.
How did she send the emergency text with his description to her daughter if he took her phone?
She told her daughter not to call the phone because she hid it. Why wouldn't she also silence it?
The police would've been able to track her cell phone location after her daughter called 911.

4) The man told her to drive through the border, not to the border.
So, did she? HOW? He took her license.
Wouldn't she also need a passport?
DeSoto LE said she was located by border patrol in Laredo while trying to cross the border.

5) She pressed the OnStar button as soon as the man left her car, but she said the OnStar employee didn't seem to understand that she was right there at the border.
If she was at the border, why even call OnStar?
Why not flag down one of the officers?
Why wouldn't OnStar be able to see her exact location?
Isn't that the whole point of OnStar?

I think it's important to believe all victims of violence (especially female victims), and I'll continue to do so until there's proof to the contrary. But with that said -- it's not always easy to put my money where my mouth is when the details don't add up.

 

[Tbone144]

She was driving a 2015 Chevy Malibu. The gear shift is located between the front car seats.

Former Burkburnett woman missing in DeSoto, police investigating as kidnapping

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A former Burkburnett resident’s kidnapping is being investigated by the DeSoto Police Department. Lacey Lyn Overby, 37, went missing on Thursday, February 1, accor…

www.ktsm.com

https://www.cars.com/research/chevrolet-malibu-2015/

I'm not saying what this woman says happened didn't happen, but A LOT of the details don't add up.

Woman at center of DeSoto CLEAR Alert says she was physically assaulted, forced to take pills by her kidnapper

While clutching onto her rosary, the woman who was at the center of a CLEAR Alert earlier this month recounts a harrowing experience she says that started with her wanting to help out a seemingly homeless man. It ended with her at the border.

www.fox4news.com

1) He assaulted her by choking her and forced her to take some pills.
He made her take pills before forcing her to DRIVE FOR 8 HOURS?
WHY? What did these pills do?

2) They stopped three times -- once for gas, once for him to use the bathroom, and once when he got out of the car.
Why didn't she try to flee while he was in the bathroom?
Why didn't she try to discretely warn someone that she was in danger when they were at the gas station?

3) He took her phone, license, and a picture of her daughter.
How did she send the emergency text with his description to her daughter if he took her phone?
She told her daughter not to call the phone because she hid it. Why wouldn't she also silence it?
The police would've been able to track her cell phone location after her daughter called 911.

4) The man told her to drive through the border, not to the border.
So, did she? HOW? He took her license.
Wouldn't she also need a passport?
DeSoto LE said she was located by border patrol in Laredo while trying to cross the border.

5) She pressed the OnStar button as soon as the man left her car, but she said the OnStar employee didn't seem to understand that she was right there at the border.
If she was at the border, why even call OnStar?
Why not flag down one of the officers?
Why wouldn't OnStar be able to see her exact location?
Isn't that the whole point of OnStar?

I think it's important to believe all victims of violence (especially female victims), and I'll continue to do so until there's proof to the contrary. But with that said -- it's not always easy to put my money where my mouth is when the details don't add up.

I have the same concerns.

 

[AlatzuMeizzaja]

4) The man told her to drive through the border, not to the border.
So, did she? HOW? He took her license.
Wouldn't she also need a passport?
DeSoto LE said she was located by border patrol in Laredo while trying to cross the border.

I did address these points in an earlier post. For what it's worth, Border Patrol Agents are a distinct force from Field Enforcement Officers of the CBP; assuming it was indeed the former that found her, they are responsible for manning the border area to monitor illegal crossings into the US, not checking documentation of those exiting, and thus would not have stopped her car without the prior alert. MOO.

 

[cujenn81]

I did address these points in an earlier post. For what it's worth, Border Patrol Agents are a distinct force from Field Enforcement Officers of the CBP; assuming it was indeed the former that found her, they are responsible for manning the border area to monitor illegal crossings into the US, not checking documentation of those exiting, and thus would not have stopped her car without the prior alert. MOO.

Huerta said Overby was found hours later trying to enter Mexico but was alone, driving her car.

Police eager to interview woman said to be kidnapped by homeless man, found safe near Laredo

The DeSoto Police Department told media members Friday that they're still trying to locate the homeless man and piece together the timeline of the kidnapping.

www.wfaa.com

 

[AlatzuMeizzaja]

Huerta said Overby was found hours later trying to enter Mexico but was alone, driving her car.

Police eager to interview woman said to be kidnapped by homeless man, found safe near Laredo

The DeSoto Police Department told media members Friday that they're still trying to locate the homeless man and piece together the timeline of the kidnapping.

www.wfaa.com

Correct. I don't think this contradicts either of my posts.
tl;dr:

1. There is effectively no systematic checking of documents or persons when exiting the US/entering Mexico, even though legal requirements may exist to this effect (i.e. many US citizens technically cross illegally by virtue of not presenting their documents).
2. Border Patrol (who wear green uniforms, distinct from the navy blue ones of FEOs) would not normally be stopping vehicles exiting the US.
3. It makes sense that they would have made a special effort to stop her after being alerted.

MOO.

 

[AlatzuMeizzaja]

Border Patrol Overview | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

 

[Eli9]

Y'all - if you've been following this case you need to read this article

Collin County mom sets record straight about nightmare abduction involving a man she just tried to help

Lacey Overby told DeSoto police she was abducted, raped, held against her will, strangled, and forced to drive to the border by a man she bought food for Feb. 1.

www.wfaa.com

"He had two different phones, and I overheard him talking to someone like he's in trouble," Overby said. "Like a boss was screaming at him. You could sense that his body movements and stuff had changed."

Overby told us they stopped a few times -- at least once, for gas. She added that she tried to drive slowly or erratically, and even tried to clip a cop car to bring attention to the fact she was being abducted.

When asked why she didn't run away when she had the chance, Overby said she didn't want to risk her family getting hurt.

 

[Mack the Knife]

Overby is saying she was assaulted, and yet

“Overby ultimately was taken to a nearby hospital in Laredo, where she said she wasn't even given a proper sexual assault exam.”“Police have interviewed Overby, yet she still has the gauze, her scrubs and underwear from the night of the alleged abduction.”

Why would they not be collecting evidence when someone claims there is a crime? Even if they doubt her, it just seems like basic due diligence. And that they’ve said it’s an ongoing investigation already implies they haven’t found enough to determine she’s making false allegations.

 

[AmandaSkis]

CLEAR Alert: Kidnapped DeSoto woman found safe near border, police say

Police in DeSoto, south of Dallas, said a woman who was kidnapped Thursday was found safe near the southern border.

www.fox4news.com

This article says that a medical exam was done.

It also says that when she crossed the border, she told police that her kidnapper was still in the car.

I know we have other articles posted here in which she states that the kidnapper got out of the car right before she crossed the border.

It’s getting a little difficult to keep track of the stories.