Abigail Abby Hernandez was only 14 years old when she was kidnapped by a man named Nate Kibby. Nate kept Abby Hernandez locked in a shed for 9 months. Abby Hernandez was a courageous girl. Her kidnapper used to abuse her in a shocking manner every day. Despite this, Abby Hernandez was successful in winning the trust of her kidnapper. Let us know the whole story of Abby Hernandez’s kidnapping in detail in this article.
Abby Hernandez’s kidnapping in October 2013
At the time of Abby Hernandez’s kidnapping, Abby Hernandez Hernandez was a 14-year-old student at Kennett High School in North Conway, a small New Hampshire town with a population of 2000. Abby Hernandez loved going to school every day. The day of October 9, 2013 was no different for Abby Hernandez. That day too, the school librarian saw Abby Hernandez leaving the school campus at 2:30 pm. That day Abby Hernandez was going home on her usual route.
The day Abby Hernandez disappeared, she was wearing new shoes. After wearing these new shoes, she got hurt. When she was going home from school, a truck driver stopped his truck and asked her for a lift. To get relief from her pain, Abby Hernandez agreed to sit in the truck with the truck driver. The name of that truck driver was Nate Kibby. A few minutes after making Abby Hernandez sit in the truck, Nate started showing his intentions.
As soon as Kibby made Abby Hernandez sit in the car, he pointed his gun at her head and threatened Abby Hernandez that if she tried to scream, he would kill her.
Kibby tells in her interview that at that time Abby Hernandez felt that if she wanted to save her life, she would have to listen to Kibby and cooperate with him. Abby Hernandez knew that she would have to win Kibby’s trust. Abby Hernandez tried to assure Kibby that if he leaves her, he will not be caught and he can live his life properly by doing the right thing in his life. Abby Hernandez told Kibby that if he leaves her, she will not tell anyone that Kibby kidnapped her.
But Kibby did not listen to her and put handcuffs on Abby Hernandez. Kibby put a shirt on Abby Hernandez’s head and broke Abby Hernandez’s phone. Meanwhile, Kibby stuck his neck out of the car and tried to find out where he was. But in the meantime, Kibby shot Abby Hernandez in the legs with his stun gun.
After a terrifying journey, Kibby parked his car at his house which was about 30 miles away from Abby Hernandez’s house. 3 days later, it was Abby Hernandez’s birthday and today he was kidnapped by Kibby. After this, Abby Hernandez remained a prisoner in a storage shed in Kibby’s house for 9 months.
After her disappearance, Abby Hernandez was considered missing
When Genya Hernandez found out that Abby Hernandez had not returned home from school on October 9, she called her daughter Abby Hernandez but Abby Hernandez’s mother did not get any response from Abby Hernandez. After this, Abby Hernandez’s mother Hernandez went to her school and talked to the school librarian, then she came to know that at 2:30 pm the librarian had seen Abby Hernandez going towards home. After this, Abby Hernandez’s mother started worrying more. After this, Abby Hernandez’s mother tried to find her. She tried to get information about her daughter by calling local hospitals. Abby Hernandez’s mother did not get any information from the hospital. After this, the news of Abby Hernandez’s disappearance was published in the newspapers.
Kibby released Abby Hernandez after 9 months of kidnapping
Kibby kept Abby Hernandez imprisoned in the storage shed of his house for 9 months. There he sexually harassed her daily. Meanwhile Abby Hernandez did not lose her courage and kept the hope that she would be saved. For this she prayed to God daily. As time passed Abby Hernandez got more information about her kidnapper. Abby Hernandez tried to win Kibby’s trust. Kibby allowed Abby Hernandez to read some of his books. One of the books given by Kibby had the name Nat Kibby written on it. From this Abby Hernandez came to know that the name of her kidnapper was Nat Kibby. Abby Hernandez kept reminding Kibby that if he let her go, she would not tell anyone anything about him. Eventually Kibby trusted Abby Hernandez. The reason for this was that Abby Hernandez believed everything Kibby said. When Kibby got involved in the counterfeit currency business, he took Abby Hernandez’s help. But when Kibby paid a sex worker in counterfeit currency and the sex worker circulated that currency, the police investigated and suspected Kibby. The sex worker then advised Kibby to quickly clean up whatever he was doing in the basement because the police had become suspicious of him. After this news, Kibby left Abby Hernandez on a street in North Conway on July 20, 2014. This place was not far from the area where Kibby had kidnapped Abby Hernandez. When Kibby left Abby Hernandez and fled from there, Abby Hernandez breathed fresh air and thanked God. She could not believe that she was free. After 284 days, Abby Hernandez reached her home on foot.
Nate Kibby’s arrest
Kibby was arrested just seven days after Abby Hernandez returned home. A total of 205 charges were filed against him. Initially, Kibby did not accept any of the charges against him, but later he accepted 7 felony charges. In these charges, he also accepted the cases of sexual harassment, kidnapping and tampering with witnesses.
