The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI were looking Wednesday for a man who they say abducted his 13-month-old daughter in a domestic dispute.
Scott Aimar, 31, has a history with law enforcement and the Division of Child and Family Services and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to Heber City police officer Salvador Segura.
Aimar took his child, Coraline, for a weekend visit on Saturday. Aimar was staying at a motel on Main Street in Heber City and was supposed to return Coraline to her mother, Stephanie Hurst, on Monday, Segura said. But on Monday morning, the mother received a text from Aimar saying he was going to do what was in the “best interest” of him and his daughter and was not going to return her, he said.
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Hurst contacted police who issued an endangered missing person alert. Motel employees told investigators that Aimar left on Saturday.
Hurst filed for a protective order in 4th District Court that would prevent Aimar from taking their child out of state, Segura said. She also filed for a protective order against Aimar in September, according to court records.
Because Aimar does not have any friends or family in Utah, investigators believe he has left the state. Segura said Aimar does have friends in other states but did not say Wednesday which states.
Hurst has not had any other contact with Aimar since Monday. Detectives were attempting Wednesday to track him by looking for credit card purchases or phone usage, but they had not found anything as of Wednesday morning.
Segura said Aimar did not own a car. The sheriff’s office was trying to determine Wednesday if a taxi picked him up, if he got a ride from someone, or if he bought a bus ticket.
Utah state court records show Aimar has several misdemeanor convictions since 2006.
Anyone with information can call the sheriff’s office at 435-654-1411.
