NEWARK, Del. (TCN) —Â A mother is in custody after allegedly lying to authorities that her daughter had been kidnapped.
According to New Castle County Police, on the night of June 10, officers responded to Gender Road to a report of a kidnapping. Darrian Randle, the mother of 3-year-old Nola Dinkins, reportedly said she pulled over after her daughter “became upset.”
Randle told officials she tried to comfort Dinkins when an unknown man armed with a gun approached the vehicle and abducted the child before fleeing in an SUV with a female driver.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert for Dinkins, and an investigation was launched. According to police, detectives later determined Randle’s statement was false, and the Amber Alert was canceled.
Per a criminal complaint obtained by WPVI-TV, Randle admitted to lying about the abduction and said she falsely reported the incident to “divert attention from her boyfriend.”
In an update posted June 11, Maryland State Police said as they investigated the possible kidnapping, officials located a body in Cecil County, but they are waiting on positive identification.
Maryland State Police have assumed the case, which is now being investigated as a homicide.
Randle faces one count of felony falsely reporting out of Delaware. She was booked into the Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $1 million bail.
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