SPOKANE, Wash. — The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington has unsealed the indictment concerning a case of international kidnapping out of Pullman. Nadia Cole has been identified as the third person indicted in the case.
Cole is scheduled to appear in court on September 6.
Cole is the fiancée of Aaron Aung and is being charged with conspiring to and committing international kidnapping.
The third person indicted in connection with the kidnapping is Jaimes Aung, Aaron Aung's father.
Jaimes was indicted August 7 on one count of Conspiracy to Commit International Parental Kidnapping and one count of aiding and abetting International Parental Kidnapping.
According to court documents, Jaimes is accused of providing and storing the car Aaron used for the alleged kidnapping. The FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed the car Aaron photographed and recorded driving across the U.S.-Mexico border June 1 is registered to his father.
The documents also claim that between May 31 and June 16, Jaimes helped his son avoid law enforcement.
Court documents say that Cole went with Aung to Mexico with Aung’s daughter in June 2024 and remained there until July 4.
According to Pullman police, the two-year-old girl was found at a roadside checkpoint near Santa Ana, Mexico. She was traveling with her biological father, Aaron Aung, and his fiancée, 21-year-old Nadia Cole.
Cole was reported missing at SeaTac at the end of May and was believed to be traveling with Aung, whose whereabouts were unknown at the time.
Aung and Cole were detained by authorities in Mexico and then turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The FBI coordinated with authorities at the National Institute of Migration, Mexican State Police, the Nogales Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection to locate the child and return her home safely. The girl has been placed in the care of Arizona Child Protective Services.