Man charged in Garner kidnapping appears in court

Eleodoro Estrada-Hernandez appeared in court, charged with kidnapping a mother and her 1-year-old daughter.
Posted 5/5/2025, 10:46:00 PM Updated 5/6/2025, 12:58:08 AM

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THOSE

NOTIFICATIONS TURNED ON.

TODAY. A MAN CHARGED IN THE

KIDNAPPING OF A ONE YEAR-OLD

AND HER YOUNG MOTHER APPEARED

IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME

A JUDGE ORDERED HIM TO STAY IN

JAIL UNDER NO BOND. DURING THE

APPEARANCE. WE LEARN MORE ABOUT

THE MOMENTS THAT BABY AND WOMAN

WERE TAKEN. PROSECUTORS NOW

SAY.

>> THIS HAPPENED AS THEY WERE

UNLOADING GROCERIES, WRAL.

SEAN GALLAGHER IS JOINING US

NOW LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH.

SEAN, THOSE ARE NOT THE ONLY

DISTURBING DETAILS REVEALED IN

COURT TODAY.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT

WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER WERE

FOUND SOME 8 HOURS LATER, MILES

AWAY FROM HOME BAREFOOT AND

ALONE. THE DAUGHTER ONLY

WEARING A DIAPER AND THE TIME

THEY WERE BOUND. YES, BASICALLY

ARM. THEY BOTH JUST WENT

THROUGH A VERY TRAUMATIC

EXPERIENCE.

>> AT DAYBREAK LAST WEDNESDAY,

A WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER

STUMBLED ONTO THE STEPS OF THIS

HOME IN WAKE FOREST.

>> FEMALE AT THE HOME OF THING

THAT AND A LONGER CAN TO OUT

WITH HER BABY. THINK YOU CANNOT

LOVE PLAYING FOR THEIR ON ROUTE

RIGHT NOW. PROSECUTORS SAY

NEARLY 8 HOURS EARLIER A

LAUNDRY BENITEZ DE JESUS WAS

UNLOADING GROCERIES WITH HER

HUSBAND AT THEIR HOME IN

GARNER. SHE RECENTLY RETURNED

FROM A TRIP BLACK NISSAN ALL

LOVE THE AND MISTER MARTINEZ

WAS ASSAULTED WHILE THE OTHER 2

WERE TAKEN AWAY BY THE IT WAS

IN 3 INDIVIDUALS. ONE OF THOSE

PEOPLE, 37 YEAR-OLD LEO WAS TRY

TO HERNANDEZ. HE'S FACING 3

FELONIES FOR KIDNAPPINGS AND 2

MISDEMEANORS FOR POINTING A GUN

AT THE TEST OF HIS WHO SAID HER

HUSBAND AS THEY MADE DEMANDS

FOR A MILLION DOLLARS WHEN THAT

DIDN'T WORK, THEY TIED UP HER

HUSBAND AND TOOK THE MOTHER AND

DAUGHTER. SHE SAID SHE ADDED.

>> HAYDEN TO BE ABLE TO SORT.

THIS IS A STOP AND THEN A PLACE

TO ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH A INTO

THE WOODS AND LET OUT OF THE

WOODS. IT'S UNCLEAR WHERE

BENITEZ DE JESUS WAS RELEASED

BY THE KIDNAPPERS. WE ONLY KNOW

IT WAS ABOUT 8 HOURS LATER,

SOME 20 MILES AWAY IN WAKE

FOREST WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT

PICKED HER UP AGAIN AT THIS

HOME. BUT INVESTIGATORS WERE

ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE.

SHE WAS TAKEN IN ARRESTING AND

CHARGING THE DURAN DURAN'S AND

DESTROY TO HERNANDEZ. THEY

TODAY'S PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, CHILD

OF ONE OF THE ABDUCTED.

THE POST READS OUT LIKE PRETTY

>> MUCH LIKE THE DURAN DURAN'S

US TRY TO HERNANDEZ WILL REMAIN

BEHIND BARS FOR THE DURATION OF

THIS CASE DUE TO THE KIDNAPPING

CHARGES, HAVING NO BOND ON THAT