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Woman found safe after reported kidnapping at St. Pete apartment complex
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A woman was found safe after a possible kidnapping early Monday morning at a St. Pete apartment complex.
Police said 26-year-old Jayanna Clark, who was previously at the center of a 2024 kidnapping investigation, went missing again around 7:15 a.m. Monday at the Crescent Lane Apartments on Gandy Boulevard.
Neighbors reported seeing her have an altercation with a man in the parking lot before the man forced Clark into her own car and drove off, hitting two parked cars before heading north on U.S. 19.
"Investigators have reason to believe the man may be a former boyfriend and are concerned for her safety," St. Pete police said at the time.
In an update Monday night, police said they found Clark's Nissan Altima at 6500 Ulmerton Road. Then just before 2 a.m., police announced that Jayanna Clark had been found safe in Clearwater.
According to police, Clark was not found with anyone else, and no arrests have been made.
Missing woman Jayanna Clark was center of 2024 kidnapping case
Around 1:30 a.m. on July 18, 2024, Jayanna Clark was seen being "physically forced" into a car by two people at the Bordeaux Village Condominiums in Temple Terrace, deputies said at the time.
After searching for Clark for 18 hours, she and Jahvontae Bell, the man suspected of her kidnapping, were seen exiting a shed on the side of a home on 13th Street SW in Largo. Clark was unharmed.
"I'm relieved that this woman was found safely this evening," Sheriff Chad Chronister said at the time. "Now, our detectives will re-trace the steps taken by the suspect today and hold this man accountable."
Bell was charged with armed kidnapping, battery and four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, but he was not prosecuted.