Colo. Mom Who Lost Custody of Son Allegedly Teamed with Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists to Kidnap Him

Photo: Parker, Colorado, Police Department

A Colorado mom is facing a criminal charge for allegedly plotting with members of a far-right conspiracy group to kidnap a child that had been removed from her custody.

The daughter further alleged to the caseworker that she “could not understand why her mother did not see how this was a bad thing,” according to the warrant.

Abcug, 50, was picked up December 30 in Kalispell, Montana, on the warrant out of Colorado seeking her arrest, reports theFlathead Beacon.

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The warrant, which had been issued in September, alleged that Abcug and an unnamed man had planned to kidnap a child in October, and that Abcug had been practicing shooting at a gun range to prepare for a “raid” to grab the child, according to the warrant.

She faces one felony count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, Vikki Migoya, a spokesman for the Douglas County, Colorado, district attorney’s office, confirms to PEOPLE.

The case against Abcug began to take shape after the daughter expressed her concerns to the caseworker, and was herself removed from Abcug’s home.

After the child was removed, according to thePost, Abcug appeared on fringe YouTube shows, and claimed in one September video that child protective services “has child trafficking rings in certain areas.”

The daughter alleged her mother had stopped attending therapy sessions, “had gotten into some conspiracy theories” and was “spiraling down,” according to the warrant, reports KUSA.

On conservative websites and on other outlets affiliated with QAnon, Abcug, a mother of four, said she’d moved to Colorado to seek medical help for her 7-year-old son, later claiming that she’d concluded the state had taken her child “illegally,” according to thePost.

Abcug has since posted bond following her arrest.

source: people.com