A Louisiana woman is behind bars after police said she falsely reported the kidnapping of her young son last week.
According to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, Artasia Viges, 24, called authorities around 1 a.m. Nov. 5 to report the alleged kidnapping of her young son near U.S. 190 and Industrial Road in Eunice.
Viges said she was parked on the road to change a flat tire when “people in an older truck” took her son.
When police arrived on the scene, the sheriff’s office said they quickly learned that citizens had found the young boy alone in the Heinen Hospital parking lot with “an abrasion on his knee.”
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Artasia Viges, 24, is facing multiple charges after police said she lied about her son being kidnapped after leaving him unattended on a main road. (St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office)
The child, whose age was not disclosed, told police that his mother hit him and left him on the side of the road. He was taken to the hospital to receive treatment.
Because of the extreme differences in statements between the child and the mother, juvenile detectives from the sheriff’s office were called to investigate.
The sheriff’s office later said an interview with Viges “revealed the horrifying truth” that the young boy had not been kidnapped but had been left on a main road “so he could run away into the night.”
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The young boy was found alone by members of the public in the parking lot of Heinen Medical Center with an abrasion on his knee. (Google Earth)
“What started as a disagreement between mother and child turned into a bizarre reaction when the child became frustrated,” the sheriff’s office said on Facebook.
When Viges stopped the car, her son jumped out of the car before it stopped, injuring his knee. The sheriff’s office noted he was “clearly not properly restrained.”
Viges told detectives that he did not chase his son and that he “never saw him after all.”
According to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, Biges, 24, claimed his son was kidnapped near the intersection of U.S. 190 and Industrial Road (above the intersection) in Eunice. (Google Earth)
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Biges was charged with abuse of a juvenile, child abandonment, and false oath to injure public health.
She was held in St. Louis on $200,000 bail. He is being held in the Landry Parish Jail.
