Luciana Curtis, an worldwide mannequin; her photographer husband, Henrique Gendre; and their 11-year-old youngster have been kidnapped and held hostage for 12 hours in her house nation Wednesday evening, based on studies.
“The armed criminals approached the victims outside a restaurant and took them captive,” Brazilian police mentioned in an announcement, based on the New York Submit, citing native studies.
Curtis, 47, who was born in Brazil, has been on the duvet of trend magazines like Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan and labored with celebrities like Beyoncé whereas modeling for manufacturers similar to Victoria’s Secret and H&M.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CHARGED WITH HOLDING GIRL CAPTIVE FOR 12 YEARS
Luciana Curtis, a world mannequin; her photographer husband; and their 11-year-old youngster have been kidnapped and held hostage for 12 hours in her house nation Wednesday evening, based on studies. (Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/Getty Photographs for ARD Basis)
She has houses in New York, London and Brazil.
The household was compelled by the abductors into their very own automotive after that they had been eating in an upscale neighborhood in São Paulo. They have been compelled to drive to a shack on the outskirts of town with only a mattress, bathroom and sink, the place they have been held captive in a single day, based on studies.
They have been launched early Thursday after the abductors stole cash from their financial institution accounts.
Curtis strolling a runway in Brazil in 2004. (Fernanda Calfat/Getty Photographs)
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“During the search by specialist police teams, the gang abandoned the family and fled,” police mentioned, based on the Submit.
The couple’s oldest youngster, who didn’t go to dinner with the household, alerted police after they didn’t return from dinner Wednesday.
Curtis with husband Henrique Gendre. (Luciana Curtis/Instagram)
“The family has been released, and they are safe and well,” a rep for Curtis instructed native media, the Submit reported.
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No arrests have been made.
