Woman reported kidnapped and missing found safe

PERRIS - A 20-year-old Perris woman initially thought to be the victim of a kidnapping was home safe today.

Tina Marie Timm was located around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Moreno Valley, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

"She was safe and unharmed," said sheriff's Sgt. Raymond Huskey. "Through further investigation, it was determined she had not been kidnapped."

Timm's boyfriend contacted sheriff's deputies Tuesday morning after receiving text messages from her saying she had been abducted by three males in a white van with curtains on the rear window, Huskey said.

The supposed location of the abduction was outside a Wal-Mart in the 25000 block of North Perris Boulevard in Moreno Valley, where Timm's boyfriend had dropped her earlier.

Surveillance video taken inside and outside of the store showed the woman alone and walking away from the outlet around 11 a.m., according to sheriff's officials.

Huskey said investigators still want to know where the woman was for the last 24 hours and asked anyone with information to call the Perris station at (951) 210-1000.

PERRIS - Sheriff's investigators today were trying to locate a 20- year-old woman who called her boyfriend and said she had been abducted by three men in a van outside a Perris shopping center.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the Walmart shopping center in the 25000 block of North Perris Boulevard around 11:35 a.m. Tuesday after the woman's boyfriend alerted authorities to the possible abduction, said Sgt. Raymond Huskey of the sheriff's Perris Station.

The boyfriend said he had dropped Tina Marie Timm off at the shopping center and a short time later received text messages from her saying she had been abducted by three males in a white van with curtains on the rear window, Huskey said.

Timm was last seen on shopping center surveillance video at 10:58 a.m., when she was seen walking northbound out of camera range, he said.

She is Hispanic, 5 feet 2, 230 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, and was wearing a gray sleeveless shirt, blue denim pants and black rimmed prescription glasses.

Anyone with information of Timm's whereabouts was asked to call sheriff's Investigator John Powers of the Perris Station at (951) 210-1000.

PERRIS - (SHERIFF PRESS RELEASE) On Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 11:35 AM, deputies from the Perris Police Department responded to the Perris Wal-Mart shopping center located in the 25000 block of N. Perris Boulevard in response to a possible kidnapping. Deputies contacted the boyfriend of Tina Marie Timm, a 20-year-old Hispanic female.

Timm's boyfriend told deputies he had dropped Timm off at the Wal-Mart and a short time later he received text messages from her stating she had been taken by three Hispanic males driving an older white van with curtains in the rear window. Video surveillance at the location shows Timm inside and outside of the store until approximately 10:58 AM when she is seen walking alone northbound out of camera range.

Timm is described as 5 foot 2 inches tall, weighing approximately 230 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray colored sleeveless shirt, blue denim pants and black rimmed prescription glasses.

Anyone who has recently seen Timm or knows her current whereabouts is asked to call the Perris Sheriff's Station, and ask for Investigator John Powers at (951) 210-1000 or contact us online at [email protected]