COSTA MESA, CA. (THECOUNT) — Kimberly Sue Endicott, the Costa Mesa, California resident kidnapped at gunpoint last week along with her Congolese safari guide, have been safely released.
The release came after a ransom was paid and a negotiated handover was conducted.
“Security services have this evening managed to rescue” Endicott and her driver Jean Paul Mirenge, the Ugandan government said in a statement. The two kidnap victims returned to a lodge at Queen Elizabeth National Park on Sunday, according to a spokesperson for Wild Frontiers Uganda, report ABC7.
Security services have this evening managed to rescue kidnapped U.S. citizen Kimberly Sue Endicott and her driver Jean Paul Mirenge. Appreciation goes to @PoliceUg and sister security agencies that led the operation to return Sue and Jean Paul.
The amount of ransom that was paid and other details of Endicott’s release were not immediately disclosed. The captors had demanded $500,000.
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