Crime & Safety
Manchester Mother Charged With Abducting Her Own Child
Andrea N. Candela has custody of the child, but police said she did not comply with court-ordered visitation for the father.
A Manchester woman is accused of abducting her own child for whom she has legal custody.
Manchester Police said Andrea Nicole Candela, 21, on three occasions refused to give her child’s father custody for visitation as ordered by St. Charles County Family Court on Feb. 11. Police said Candela refused to take calls or answer text messages from the father regarding custody on three occasions, June 5, June 12 and June 14.
Candela, of the 800 block of Sugar Hill Drive in Manchester, was charged June 27 in St. Louis County Circuit Court with three counts of child abduction.
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Candela posted 10 percent of a $35,000 bond July 11 and was released from St. Louis County jail.
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