Boulder police today said there have been no reports of any missing people filed with the department after witnesses reported a possible kidnapping late Tuesday night.
Boulder police at around 10 p.m. received two unconfirmed reports that a woman was forced into a van near 15th Street and Canyon Boulevard.
There reportedly were four or five men in the van who were believed to have forced a woman with brown hair into the vehicle at a Circle K convenience store, according to police radio traffic.
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Police said they are looking for a white extended van with tinted windows and a partial license plate of 868-GY.
Sgt. David Skaggs with the Boulder police confirmed Tuesday night that one witness told an emergency dispatcher that a woman was kidnapped at gunpoint by a man in a ski mask.
But Boulder police spokeswoman Laurie Ogden said this morning there still are no missing persons reports and police have not been able to confirm the witness’ account. University of Colorado police spokesman Ryan Huff said CU police have also not received any missing person reports.
Anyone with direct information about the van or knowledge of the incident are urged to call the Boulder Police Department’s tip line at 303-441-1974 or police dispatch at 303-441-3333.
It is the second report of a possible armed kidnapping in Boulder in the past two months.
CU police investigated a report of a possible kidnapping on the Boulder campus near the Benson Earth Sciences Building in late September.
In that case, a student told police he saw a man point what appeared to be a handgun at another man before the two got into the back seat of a car and drove away.
No missing persons reports were ever filed in that case. Huff said at this time investigators believe the witness did see what they reported, but don’t know if it was an actual kidnapping.
“Whether there was criminal intent or some type of prank, we don’t know,” Huff said.
