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		</div><h6><span style="color:#050101;"><strong>Lee-Ann Rickheit, 38, abducted Ella Abbott, 3, Massachusetts cops said Wednesday in Worcester, Mass</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050101;"><strong>The pair were allegedly found Thursday morning in Lee-Ann&#8217;s car in some woods</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050101;"><strong>Tailpipe had reportedly been stuffed with clothing, and they were unconscious</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050101;"><strong>Troopers broke a window and pulled them out; they are both unharmed</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050101;"><strong>Rickheit is charged with murder, assault and battery on a child, and reckless endangerment of a child</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050101;"><strong>She pled not guilty on Thursday, saying she cracked a window to breathe </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050101;"><strong>Her attorney said that she did not think the child would die because she cracked open one of the car&#8217;s windows.</strong></span><span style="color:#050101;"> </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050101;"><strong>It&#8217;s unclear what triggered the apparently kidnappin</strong>g attempts</span></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-233195" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lee-ann-rickheit-left-kidnapped-daughter-ella-abbott-1.png" alt="Lee-Ann Rickheit (left) kidnapped daughter Ella Abbott 1.png" width="737" height="465" /><strong> Lee-Ann Rickheit [left] kidnapped daughter Ella Abbott [right, on Wednesday, kicking off an Amber Alert. Cops found them early Thursday morning in woodland</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A Massachusetts woman is facing attempted murder charges after apparently kidnapping her daughter and attempting to kill both the girl and herself.<br />
State police say that Lee-Ann Rickheit, 38, sparked an Amber Alert when she disappeared with Ella Abbott, three, from Worcester on Wednesday.<br />
The pair were found early next morning, sitting in Rickheit&#8217;s car, the tailpipe of which had been stuffed with clothing in an apparent attempt to fill the car with dangerous fumes, <a class="" href="http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/08/10/amber-alert-leeann-rickheit-massachusetts-charlton-worcester/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CBS Boston</a> reported.</p>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-233200" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lee-ann-rickheit-in-court.png" alt="Lee-Ann Rickheit in court.png" width="830" height="652" /><strong>Mother and daughter were in Rickheit&#8217;s car, which had its exhaust stuffed with clothes. Rickheit (center, in court Thursday) is charged with attempted murder, among other counts</strong></h6>
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<p>An unidentified relative of Rickheit&#8217;s had kicked off the search when they called police on Wednesday to say they&#8217;d had a troubling call from the mother.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">In the call Rickheit had threatened to harm herself and the child, who was taken at 7:35pm that day from a home on Greenwood Street, police alleged.<br />
A search was conducted for the missing mom&#8217;s 2007 Hyundai Sonata, which was later spotted on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Charlton.<br />
The car was then found by troopers in a wooded area around 15 miles from the town at around 3:30am on Thursday.<br />
Troopers said that both Rickheit and Ella appeared to be either sleeping or unconscious when they were found.<br />
The tailpipe of the car had been stuffed with clothing, according to officials.<br />
One of the troopers smashed a window, gained entry to the vehicle and took the pair to the hospital.<br />
Both Rickheit and Ella were reported to be conscious and responsive afterwards. It&#8217;s unclear what caused Rickheit&#8217;s actions.<br />
Rickheit spent Wednesday night in St Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester under police guard.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong> It&#8217;s not clear what provoked the alleged kidnapping. Rickheit had previously posted on Facebook about having been in violent relationships, but not with Ella&#8217;s father </strong></h6>
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<p class="imageCaption"> Rickheit pleaded not guilty to all charges. Her defense said she thought Ella would be OK if she cracked a window. Ella is now in the care of the state</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Ella was taken to UMass Medical Center for an exam, and was doing well, according to police. She is now in the care of the Department of Children and Families.<br />
Rickheit was arraigned Thursday and charged with attempted murder, assault and battery on a child, and reckless endangerment of a child.<br />
Her defender said that she did not think the child would die because she cracked open one of the car&#8217;s windows.<br />
She pleaded not guilty to all counts and was placed held in jail on $500,000 bail.<br />
Her next scheduled court appearance is a probable cause hearing is on September 18.<br />
Posts and comments made by Rickheit on her Facebook page suggest that she also has a young son, and that she had been in a difficult previous relationship.<br />
In regards to a comment written on her Facebook page on May, she commented: &#8216;He is p***ed because I&#8217;m actually happy with a man who doesn&#8217;t beat me and abuse me and emotionally torture me and my daughter.<br />
&#8216;He is writing this stupid s**t because he is jealous I got a real man, my daughter&#8217;s real father&#8230;&#8217;<br />
She added that the man who commented on her Facebook page &#8216;is a mental idiot and abused my 3-year-old verbally and beat me up while my daughter was in my arms. He&#8217;s scum and can&#8217;t stand the fact that I left him for a real man.&#8217;</p>
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Worcester mom, Lee-Ann Rickheit, ‘who kidnapped her 3-year-old daughter was found sitting with the child inside a running car with the tailpipe stuffed with clothing in apparent murder-suicide bid’
