ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.
runs in and the father is seen putting his daughter into a head lock and forcing her into his car. he says my daughter is on drugs, do not listen to her. just as he s trying to drive away, a police officer blocks him. he tries to pull forward and he s offered from the car at gunpoint, handcuffed, and taken into custody. if you would have seen the look on her face, you cannot describe it. reporter: the man is 55-year-old martin from eastern kansas who kidnapped his 21-year-old daughter on saturday. they were en route to michigan and had stopped for the night at this hotel, steps away from the liquor store, where she was able to escape from being tied up while her dad was in the shower. she was able to break the rope that was tied around her ankles free from the chair that she was bound to and run for help. reporter: he s being held at the porter county jail charged with felony criminal confinement and battery. probably one of the strangest