Woman Charged in Infant Abduction
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ABILENE, Texas — Former prison guard Paula Lynn Roach was arraigned Thursday for allegedly kidnapping a 1-month-old Texas girl from a Wal-Mart parking lot and dragging her mother across the pavement as she desperately clung to Roach’s car.
Roach, 24, told a judge she understood the charges against her and under Texas law could face a term of five years to 99 years in prison if convicted of aggravated kidnapping. Bail was set at $200,000.
Roach was not required to enter a plea. She will be asked to enter a plea at a later hearing.
The infant, Nancy Crystal Chavez, was returned in good health to her mother Wednesday night after a 26-hour ordeal during which she was snatched from a minivan in Abilene.
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