Two of three men accused of multiple felonies, including kidnapping, on April 26, 2018, are scheduled to have court proceedings involving their cases this week.
According to a probable-cause statement, members of multiple law-enforcement agencies arrived at the scene of the reported kidnapping at the Super 8 Motel in Higginsville and arrested the three men, who allegedly held two females against their will; raped and assaulted them; and demanded ransom money.
According to online court documents, 19-year-old Jaciel Acdala Mendez-Morales and 23-year-old Alain Gaspar Camarillo-Linan and 22-year-old Luis Angel Sierra-Vallina have been charged. Mendez-Morales and Sierra-Vallina are being held on $500,000 and Camarillo-Linan on $750,000 cash-only bond at the Lafayette County Jail.
Each defendant pleaded not guilty on April 30, 2018.
A pre-trial conference is set for Camarillo-Linan and Mendez-Morales at 3 p.m. on Monday, September 16, at Lafayette County Circuit Court.
A case review was held in Sierra-Vallina’s cause on August 22. His three-day court trial is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8, at Lafayette County Circuit Court.