Police Release Video, Photos Of Couple Suspected In Kidnapping Attempt

SOUTH SLOPE – The NYPD have released video and photos of the couple they say attempted to abduct a teenage girl last Friday afternoon.

Police describe the two suspects as follows:

Suspect 1: Asian female, approximately in her 30s, 5′ 4″, heavy-set, with short dark hair and a tattoo of a bow on her lower back.

Suspect 2: White or Hispanic white male with several arm tattoos, approximately in his late 30s, 5′ 8″ to 5′ 10″, 180 to 200 pounds with a heavy accent.

An updated description of the vehicle the pair was driving is a gray, late model BMW SUV with New York plates.

At approximately 2:40pm on September 22 in front of 370 19th Street, a man and a woman in a SUV pulled up to a 15-year-old girl walking 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, police say. The victim was able to break free and get away.

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.