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FBI Arrests Women in Transgender Child Kidnapping Plot

4/22/2026

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A Justice Department jet flew from Virginia to Cuba on April 21, 2026, to retrieve a 10-year-old child believed kidnapped by her transgender parent and partner.
The FBI arrested two women, Rose and Blue Inessa-Ethington, on federal kidnapping charges.
A federal complaint filed in Utah describes a kidnapping plot in which the suspects deceived the child's mother with a fake Canada camping trip before fleeing to Mexico and Cuba.

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Story summary

A Justice Department jet flew from Virginia to Cuba on April 21, 2026, to retrieve a 10-year-old child believed kidnapped by her transgender parent and partner.
The FBI arrested two women, Rose and Blue Inessa-Ethington, on federal kidnapping charges.
A federal complaint filed in Utah describes a kidnapping plot in which the suspects deceived the child's mother with a fake Canada camping trip before fleeing to Mexico and Cuba.