Police Arrest Female Suspect in Kidnapping of Ontario Woman Missing for Over a Year

Ontario Provincial Police Det. Sgt. Jason Dinsmore provides additional information on the January 2022 abduction of Elnaz Hajtamiri, during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., on Jan. 12, 2023. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged a female suspect believed to be involved in the abduction of Ontario woman Elnaz Hajtamiri, who has been missing since Jan. 12, 2022.

An OPP news release on March 17 indicates that Krystal P. Lawrence, a 30-year-old woman from Brampton, Ont., was arrested and charged with kidnapping on March 16.