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Kidnap Claim Recanted

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By JOSH POLTILOVE, The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 8, 2008

A 25-year-old Dover woman who claimed to have been kidnapped Sunday night outside a Dover taco stand has recanted her story, Hillsborough County deputies say.
Marisol Ramirez-Hernandez returned home Tuesday night after being dropped off by friends, detectives said. During questioning, Ramirez-Hernandez at first told detectives she'd been kidnapped by five men.

Shortly after, she recanted her story and told detectives she made arrangements to meet a man. The woman left with her friend and spent the night with him in Lakeland.

The incident began when Ramirez-Hernandez and her cousin walked to the taco stand to buy some food about 8 p.m. Sunday. They went inside the screened area of the stand on the north side of the Prime Time Convenience store at 3185 Dover Road.

Ramirez-Hernandez walked out to use her cell phone.

That's when her cousin, 19-year-old Naciso Roque, heard her scream, a sheriff's office statement says. When he walked out, he saw a dark blue or green minivan leaving the parking lot and heading south on Dover Road.

Ramirez-Hernandez's family had told deputies she has been known to stay out nights, but that she generally talks to them the next day. She did not contact her family.

Reporter Chris Echegaray contributed to this report. Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at (813)259-7691 or jpoltilove @tampatrib.com.

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