St. Paul Hotel Kidnapping

Yesterday morning, 7 year old twin brothers were kidnapped from the children’s play area behind St. Paul Hotel when four gunmen shot and killed their body guard. That evening their parents received a call from an unknown number asking for ransom.

“This is the third major kidnapping of the year,” said Montreal Police Chief, Edward Zinfer, “But this one takes the cake, its the most tragic. We are hoping to have the boys back safe and sound soon.” The police are unaware of who has kidnapped them, but there is a video recording from a security camera from behind the hotel where the kidnapping took place. The video shows footage of four large men dressed up in black gloves, shoes, shirts, black ski masks, and camo pants who kidnapped the boys.

There is a link on the newspaper website to the video if readers want to watch. This is just a little of what has happened to these poor families. The video starts out with the boys playing and then around 10:41 am it is seen that the guard colapses from a gun shot.
The previously mentioned, four men dressed in camoflauge pants, long black sleeve t-shirts, black gloves, black shoes, and black ski masks enter the view of the camera.

They immediately pick up Bryan and hold a rag to his face assumed to be soaked in chloroform while Richard ran away, but two men chase him and get a hold of him. They then all go into the back of a white van with no license plates and drive off. The video then ends at 10:45 am.

“We haven’t been able to contact the family of the guard to send our condolences, but when the phone call came our hearts dropped through the floor.” Explained Robert Bennett, the grandfather of the twins. “We all hoped the phone call was his family, but instead it was a recorded message asking for 5 million dollars for the release of the twins. Unfortantely our family doesn't have that much money so we have started a GoFundMe.com page where you can donate money to help us get the boys back.”

“We are unsure we can contact the kidnappers,” says Detective Philp Jones, “the recorded message was made through a disposable cell phone that was later found in the dumpsters at St. Paul Hotel. We hae done a full search at the hotel but we haven’t been able to find much. If you know something or saw something, please don’t hesitate to call our anonymous tip line. We hope to have the family all back together sooner rather than

later.”
The family is in desperate need of money and so workers at the Montreal Times Newspaper donated 5 thousand dollars to help pay the kidnappers. There is also a walk/run to be held to raise money, there is more information on the newspaper website.