Man kidnapped his mother because she didn't want to move with him to Miami

A man from Richmond, Virginia arrested in South Carolina says he kidnapped his mother because she didn't want to move with him to Miami.



Regelio Lopez, 20, is accused of kidnapping his mother and stuffing her in the trunk of his Cadillac. A dashboard camera video released on Wednesday shows South Carolina troopers pulling over the Cadillac on February 25.

The troopers order Lopez to get on the ground, then open the trunk where a woman is found inside. Troopers had been looking for the Cadillac in connection with the Richmond kidnapping.


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In the video, Lopez tells officers he was heading to live in Miami and says he put her in the trunk because she didn't want to go with him. "What made you do that?" a trooper is heard asking. "I was alone," Lopez responds. Lopez is now back in Richmond where he faces a kidnapping charge.