Law enforcement officials have released the names of the people involved in Monday morning’s kidnapping case in Onatario. Below is Monday’s story with the names added.
A frightening scenario played out in Ontario early this morning that left two people dead and two others seriously injured during an apparent kidnapping.
Around 5:45 a.m., the Ontario Police Department responded to the report of a kidnapping in progress at a convenience store in Ontario. Just as Ontario Police arrived on scene the suspect, Anthony Wayne Montwheeler, 49, of Nampa, Idaho, fled in a Dodge pickup. Officers received information there was an adult female, Annita S. Harmon, 40, of Weiser, Idaho, being held against her will in the pickup. Officers pursued the suspect in the city then south onto Highway 201.
As the Dodge was traveling southbound it crossed the centerline and collided with a northbound Ford sport utility. The driver of that Ford, David Joseph Bates, 38, of Vale, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Jessica Sara Bates, 35, of Vale, a passenger in the Ford, was taken to an area hospital for serious injuries.
Montwheeler received serious injuries and also taken to an area hospital. Inside the Dodge, Harmon was found deceased.
