Suspect allegedly paid by children’s non-custodial father to transport them to Mexico.
A 47-year-old woman from Fort Worth, Texas, has been charged with kidnapping after allegedly abducting two children from a residence in Aurora, Illinois, on August 14, 2025.
According to the Aurora Police Department, the suspect, Cindy Sanchez, was apprehended with the two juveniles at Chicago’s Midway Airport.
The incident began around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, when Aurora Police were called to a home on the 500 block of Rosewood Avenue. They learned that two children, ages 11 and 13, were staying with the family when an unfamiliar woman, later identified as Sanchez, arrived…