A 43-year-old Missouri man is charged with child kidnapping after officials claim he posed as a relative to sign a 13-year-old student out from school.
According to authorities, the kidnapping occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. at Cross Keys Middle School last Tuesday. Officials said James E. Paulette walked into the school office and pretended to be a family member of the eighth-grade student.
He told officials that a member of the child’s family had died, and the school permitted him to sign her out. According to court filings, Paulette was not linked to the student and did not know her parents. Despite this, the girl was released into his care, according to First Alert 4…