Woman faces jail after pleading guilty to kidnapping infant twins in Ohio
An Ohio woman is facing 20 years in jail after she admitted to kidnapping twin babies by driving away in their mother's car, before abandoning them both in different parts of the state.
An Ohio woman is facing 20 years in jail after she admitted to kidnapping twin babies by driving away in their mother's car, before abandoning them both in different parts of the state.
Nalah T. Jackson, 25, from Columbus, pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping, for stealing a black Honda Accord that had been left running while the twin boys — Kason and Ky'air Thomas, then just five months — were buckled up in the back seat in 2022.
Ky'air died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome one month after being found, in an unrelated incident related to being left in a "unsafe sleep environment," on an adult bed with excess bedding and pillows, a coroner's report said.
The case sparked a huge police operation across Ohio and five neighboring states, with the FBI and Ohio State Highway Patrol assisting.
"This community watched in horror as Nalah Jackson preyed on two vulnerable babies. Today, she admitted her crime and agreed to spend 20 years in prison for her actions," U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker said in a statement on Wednesday.
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