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 court documents, 19-year-old Jaciel Acdala Mendez-Morales and Alain Gaspar Camarillo-Linan, who is now 24, and Luis Angel Sierra-Vallina, who is now 23, 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.
Plea/trial-setting hearings are set for Camarillo-Linan and Mendez-Morales at 3 p.m. on Monday, November 18, at Lafayette County Circuit Court.
Sierra-Vallina’s three-day court trial was scheduled to begin on October 8, but was canceled at that time. A case review is now set for 3 p.m. Monday, November 18, at Lafayette County Circuit Court.