SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane man accused of kidnapping his girlfriend was arrested in Montana Tuesday.
According to a post on the Lake County Montana Sheriff's Office Facebook page, John Monday, 34, was arrested by Polson, Montana police and is in Lake County Detention. The FBI along with Lake County deputies are investigating the case.
His girlfriend reported her own alleged kidnapping and was found by Idaho State Police Tuesday night, according to a press release from the Lake County Sheriff's Department.
According to a previously issued missing and endangered person advisory, the woman called the Lake County Sheriff's Office in Montana on Monday and reported that she had been kidnapped and was being abused by Monday.
At the time of the call, it was believed they were in a remote area of west Lake County, possibly in the Irvine Flats area, according to the sheriff’s office. Law enforcement said the woman's cellphone pinged in the Polson area, then it was powered off.
The LCSO said in an update on Tuesday night that the 2012 gray Jeep Liberty that could be carrying the woman and Monday was believed to be heading back to the Spokane area. The last known location of the vehicle was Highway 200 in Montana, the LCSO said.
