Liliana Beatrice Iboa is a 20-year-old woman who was reported missing from her Avondale, Arizona home on November 7, 2008, along with her 3-year-old daughter, Karen Bianay Cervantes. Iboa's boyfriend, Benito Cervantes Mena, reported that a man called him demanding $100,000 ransom money for their return.Fox News: Arizona Police Search for Missing Mom, 3-Year-Old Daughter (November 8, 2008) AZFamily: Mom and young daughter kidnapped, captors want $100K (November 9, 2008) Iboa and her daughter were both released from their kidnapper's custody unharmed on November 10, 2008, before any ransom could be paid. The captor's have not yet been identified or captured.FOXNews.com: Missing Arizona Mom, 3-Year-Old Daughter Released Unharmed by Kidnappers (November 12, 2008)
Background of the Case
In 2003, Iboa disappeared from her shift at a Mexican restaurant in Springfield, Oregon. Then 15, she turned up about a month later, and said she had run away with her boyfriend Benito Cervantes Mena.ABC15: Search continues for missing Avondale mom, 3-year-old (November 9, 2008)
Iboa's parents report that she and Mena have been separated for about a year, and was living with them near Albuquerque, New Mexico. On November 2, 2008, Mena appeared at their home, and Iboa and her daughter left with him.ABC15: Search continues for missing Avondale mom, 3-year-old (November 9, 2008)
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