Noah Gabriel Trout was found safe in Clifton Forge on Monday afternoon
He went missing from the Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead Sunday
When he was found his head had been shaved by the suspects, police said
Nancy Fridley, 44, has been charged with abducting Noah; authorities have also charged her boyfriend, Bobby Lee Taylor, with one count of abduction
Chief Deputy Scott Moye said: All indications point to this being a stranger abduction, and Noah being chosen by Fridley at random
Fridley is also said to have been in the area of two other churches in the weeks before the kidnapping and on the day Noah went missing
Nancy Fridley may have been casing other places, deputies say
A man and woman were arrested Monday in the abduction of Noah Gabriel Trout more than 24 hours after the 2-year-old was snatched from a church nursery around 70 miles from the mobile home park where he was found safe, according to law enforcement.
By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 1:57 PM, May 05, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-05 14:46:45-04
GILES COUNTY, Va. The woman accused of abducting 2-year-old Noah Trout from a Virginia church nursery apparently picked the child at random and also cased at least two other area churches the morning of the crime, Giles County investigators said Wednesday.