Couple In Black SUV Attempt To Kidnap Teen In South Slope

SOUTH SLOPE – The NYPD are searching for a couple who they say attempted to abduct a teenage girl last Friday afternoon.

At approximately 2:40pm on September 22 in front of 370 19th Street, a man and a woman in a black SUV pulled up to a 15-year-old girl on the sidewalk.

The victim may have been wearing an article of clothing with a bow on it, prompting the female suspect to show her a tattoo of a bow she has on her back, an officer at a 72nd Precinct NCO meeting said Tuesday night.

While the woman spoke with the victim from the passenger seat of the car, the male suspect got out of the vehicle, grabbed the victim by the arm, and attempted to coax her into the car. The victim was able to break free and get away.

This incident occurred just around the corner from MS 88 located at 544 7th Avenue.

Police describe the two suspects as follows:

Suspect 1:Asian female, approximately 30- to 40-years-old, 5′ 4″, 140 pounds, with short dark hair and a tattoo of a bow on her back.

Suspect 2: White male, approximately 35- to 45-years-old, 5′ 7″, 180 to 200 pounds with a heavy accent.

The vehicle they were driving is described as a dark colored late model Jeep Cherokee SUV with unknown plates. See above for surveillance photos of the car.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.