A man accused of abducting his pregnant girlfriend and her four children at gunpoint in central Minnesota early on Friday morning has been taken into custody, authorities said.
Chad Aanerud, 35, was taken into police custody on Friday morning, more than seven hours after allegedly kidnapping his girlfriend, 33-year-old Nikkole Dobson, and her four children, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension posted on X. The mother and children were found “safe” and authorities canceled the Amber alert that had been in effect since 2am.
