Woman Was Paid $500 to Drive Rockefeller and Kidnapped Child to NYC

As authorities continue to look for Clark Rockefeller and his 7-year-old daughter Reigh Boss, who he abducted during a social worker-supervised visit in Boston on Sunday, the woman who drove the pair from Boston to NYC said she had no idea she helped in the kidnapping. Aileen Ang was offered $500 to drive Rockefeller to NYC; she told a radio station, "I actually thought it was just going to be him. And when I got where I was going to pick him up ... his daughter was there." She said Reigh, who lives in London with her mother, seemed happy, saying, "I love you too much Daddy." But after dropping them off at Grand Central Terminal, Ang heard that the child was missing and went to the police. Authorities have been looking for the pair in NYC and Long Island (Rockefeller, described as a "con man" with four aliases, apparently bought a $300,000 yacht with gold bars), but a person said she saw them in Delaware.

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By Jen Chung in News on July 30, 2008 4:03 PM

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riotturtle

Deca:

is it a better use of space to show the kidnapped kid, so people can keep their eyes open, or some peripherally involved woman with a snake? are you really picking Gothamist apart for publishing a picture of a missing child? must be a slow day for trollin'.

JenChungsBaby

If this guy's ex-wife hadn't taken his daughter to another continent there wouldn't be a problem. He hadn't seen her since December.

Tgirl

by now the kid has had her hair cut and is dressed like a little boy.

robingee

My name is Clark Rockefeller. I own a mansion und a yacht.

Deca

Dumb pairing of headline and picture. That picture doesn't look like someone old enough to drive.

Why not swipe a relevent picture, if you're going to swipe any? The woman's picture is in the daily news, where she is handling a snake with such pleasure in her eyes.

As for the woman - something about her alibi doesn't seem right. The guy could have taken a Fung Wa bus for far cheaper. I think the woman is in on it.

ed_Extinct

pete:

you're taking a jab at Gothamist for the mainstream media's affinity for black vs. white?

How come you're not writing letters to the New York Times or the New York Post? The NY Daily News? C'mon have some sense.