Oregon Man Charged With Kidnapping Woman Reported Missing By Teen Son

Salem Police Department

An Oregon man is facing kidnapping charges after a teenager reported his mother missing Sunday, authorities said.

The Salem Police Department said officers responded to a residence on the 2100 block of Baxter Road SE after an 18-year-old man reported his mother, 36, had left Saturday night and had not returned home. He later found her vehicle at a nearby park, along with her torn clothing and shoes.

The missing woman later contacted police herself to report she had been kidnapped and held at gunpoint by 39-year-old Luis Pantoja-Guzman, who was known to her. Investigators then located “vehicles and evidence” that corroborated her claims…

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