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Detectives Ask For Public Help In Identifying Van Seen In Social Media Video

Detectives from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station are asking for the public’s help to identify the vehicle seen in a social media video where a woman was heard screaming before allegedly being pulled into a van.

Investigators are seeking information related to the Santa Clarita incident where a woman was heard screaming for help in a “graphic” video posted to social media, specifically information that can be used to identify the vehicle seen in the clip or its occupants.

The incident is being investigated for “suspicious circumstances,” according to the latest update.

The video depicts a light-colored sprinter van, with aftermarket solar panels and an airconditioning unit on the roof, according to Sheriff’s officials.

The original video and the account of the user who uploaded it have since been deleted.

See Related: Deputies Investigating Possible Santa Clarita Kidnapping Seen In Social Media Post

Around 11 p.m. Thursday, deputies received a call from a citizen reporting a woman screaming for help in the area of Calgrove Boulevard and Creekside Drive in Newhall, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s officials said in a Saturday social media post.

“Deputies responded to the area and were unable to locate any parties involved in the reported incident however, there were witnesses who recorded the incident on video and told deputies that the female was inside a gray ‘Sprinter’ type van,” the post read. “We have been made aware that this video has been circulating on various community social media websites.”

Although the witness who shot the video claims the people in the van were abducting the woman heard screaming, officials did not explicitly call the incident a kidnapping attempt or kidnapping incident.

Informants can call 661-799-5805 and speak with Detective David Nisenoff if they have any information on the incident, the vehicle, or its occupants.

Anonymous tips may also be submitted through www.LACrimeStoppers.org, or by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).


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Detectives Ask For Public Help In Identifying Van Seen In Social Media Video

2 comments

  1. I certainly hope she is found safe and this is not as bad as it seems.

  2. That is a first-generation Sprinter Van… could be a Mercedes, Dodge, or Freightliner. They stopped selling those in 2006… that might narrow down the search. Agree with Keep_SCV-Safe – hope this is not as bad as it seems.

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