911 call tells of kidnap terror

Investigators released part of a 911 call Thursday that alerted them to the gunpoint abduction of a woman from a Pearland-area parking lot Monday night, an account that indicated she briefly spoke with a co-worker as the kidnapping unfolded. As Susana De Jesus left the parking lot, she rolled down the window of her car and asked the co-worker something, according to the recording of the 911 call. Investigators haven’t said what that question was. The short recording featured the co-worker’s son, who did most of the talking to a 911 operator. “Yeah, yeah, she said he had a mask, gloves, and like a, she saw a silver gun. And he told her, ‘Get in the car,’?” the man told the operator. The co-worker’s son said De Jesus said, “?‘OK, OK, OK,’ and she opened the car door and got in the car. And then ... the girl rolled down her window and that’s when she asked my mom that question. My mom just quickly answered and drove off.” The son also said his mother was “scared to death right now.” He told the call-taker his mother knew little about De Jesus, but had noticed she “seemed very, very nervous all day.” By the time of the 911 call, about two hours after the abduction, a masked man believed to be driving De Jesus’ car was captured by a security camera making a withdrawal using her card at a Houston automated teller machine. The car was later found at another Houston location. Investigators have said the co-worker is not a suspect in the incident. The three locations are each about 11 miles from the other. Saying the area was too large to cover, Texas EquuSearch officials backed off a plan to mount a massive hunt for De Jesus on Thursday. “There are literally thousands of different areas where we could search,” said Tim Miller, founder of the search agency. “There are lots of places with fresh tire tracks and places of concealment and we just can’t cover that big of an area,” Miller said. Investigators from several agencies are looking for De Jesus. Brazoria County Sheriff’s Capt. Chris Kincheloe said the FBI has promised to expedite processing of evidence from the kidnapping, as well as from three recent home invasions in the nearby Silverlake subdivision. Since the incidents, Sheriff Charles Wagner said he has boosted patrols by pushing all available personnel into the area, including undercover officers in unmarked cars. Calls to the sheriff’s office reporting suspicious persons and unfamiliar cars have also increased, Wagner said. Some of the suspicious people that callers complained about turned out to be undercover officers in the area, he said. The increased number of homes in Pearland and population boost have likely drawn criminals’ attention, he said. “Let’s face it —you’re looking at homes that are $200,000 and up,” Wagner said Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office at 281-756-2392, or investigator Wade Nichols at 281-756-2220. Brazoria County Crime Stoppers also is taking anonymous tips at 800-460-2222.