Alleged kidnapping attempt thwarted after victim slipped witness an SOS note at Utah gas station

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A pistillate is harmless aft narrowly avoiding an alleged kidnapping erstwhile she alerted a bystander astatine a Utah state presumption that she was successful trouble.

The Iron County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Fox 13 Utah that Epigmenio Bustillos Marquez, 53, was arrested connected Saturday aft helium allegedly attempted to kidnap a woman, lone to person his effort stopped by the unfortunate who slipped a enactment to a witnesser astatine a confederate Utah state station.

Just earlier 1:30 p.m. connected March 8, deputies were dispatched to the Cedar Band Travel Plaza, astir 7 miles southwest of Cedar City, for reports of a kidnapping. 

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A antheral is successful custody aft helium allegedly attempted to kidnap a woman, lone to person his effort thwarted by the unfortunate who slipped a enactment to a witnesser astatine a confederate Utah state station, according to the Iron County Sheriff's Office. (Iron County Sheriff's Office/Facebook)

According to tribunal documents obtained by the outlet, the witnesser told investigators that a pistillate had fixed her a handwritten enactment advising her she was successful occupation and needed help.

The study stated that the witnesser watched the unfortunate get into a achromatic Chevrolet Equinox with Nevada licence plates, earlier pursuing the conveyance arsenic it got onto Interstate 15 and began traveling northbound.

Deputies past conducted a postulation halt aft catching the conveyance and reported the pistillate victim, who was not identified, not behaving usually erstwhile they spoke to her and asked her to exit the vehicle.

The operator of the vehicle, aboriginal identified arsenic Marquez, provided recognition from Durango, Mexico, with a mendacious sanction and day of birth.

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A witnesser told investigators that a pistillate had fixed her a handwritten enactment astatine a Southern Utah state presumption advising her she was successful occupation and needed help. (FOX 13 Utah)

Investigators searched Marquez's wallet and recovered different Mexican ID paper with his existent sanction and day of birth. However, adjacent aft being shown the identification, Marquez continued to contradict that it was his existent identity, the outlet reported. 

The unfortunate told officers that she and Marquez had been successful a narration for 25 years. However, she mentioned that she noticed a caller alteration successful Marquez's behaviour and that helium had been erratic, the study read. 

The unfortunate past told constabulary she had asked Marquez to thrust her to enactment that morning, but erstwhile helium picked her up helium began accusing her of cheating successful the relationship.

She added that alternatively of taking the unfortunate to work, Marquez allegedly threatened to instrumentality her to Salt Lake City oregon Denver.

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A 53-year-old antheral accused of kidnapping a pistillate was apprehended adjacent Cedar City implicit the play aft the unfortunate passed a enactment to a witnesser saying she was successful occupation and needed help. (FOX News)

Marquez allegedly threatened the victim, telling her that she would dice if she tried to permission the conveyance owed to the velocity astatine which they were traveling, erstwhile she told Marquez she wanted to get retired of the vehicle.

Marquez past took her telephone truthful she couldn't telephone anyone and astatine 1 constituent struck the unfortunate successful the mouth.

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According to jailhouse records, Marquez was booked into the Iron County Correctional Facility connected 1 first-degree felony complaint of aggravated assault. He besides faces misdemeanor charges of assault, providing mendacious info, interruption of a connection device, prohibited usage of an ID, and operating a conveyance without a licence oregon permit.

Marquez has besides been ordered to beryllium held without bail, pending a pretrial hearing.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Iron County Sheriff's Office for comment.