Missing teen found with the use of license plate readers
DEMING, New Mexico (KVIA)-- New Mexico State Police officers say they located a kidnapped teenager and arrested her suspected abductor.
The arrest happened this past Friday, August 22, on I-10 at mile marker 88 -- near Deming.
NMSP says license plate readers helped them find the 15-year-old girl.
They say when they initiated the stop, the abductor crossed the center median and crashed into a waterfilled ditch
20-year-old Kyle Steven Eckmann was arrested and charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault.