Police: Indiana woman arrested after kidnapping child, running naked down street

AUSTIN, Ind. (WISH) — A woman was arrested after kidnapping a child and running naked on a street in Scott County, court documents say.

During her arrest, police say, the woman told them children were being “taught by the computers and all the children needed to die.”

Police say the kidnapping happened just before 12:15 p.m. Sunday. Officers were told Brittany Hurtt had kidnapped a child from an elementary school and went north on Howard Street toward State Road 256. When police began searching for Brittany, her husband, Christopher Hurtt, flagged down police.

Christopher had a child in the passenger seat with him. He told police that Brittany showed up to their home with a child that didn’t belong to them. He then told police his wife took off all her clothes and was running in the street naked on Mann Avenue.

Police took the child from Christopher. After driving on Mann Avenue, police saw Brittany running through the street naked carrying two white trash bags. They caught up to her and placed her handcuffs.

During the arrest, police say, she was kicking and yelling about God.

Her husband, Christopher, came with clothes for her, but she refused to wear them.

Investigators watched surveillance video from the elementary school. The video shows a woman climbing the fence of the playground and placing the child over the fence.

The child told investigators that the woman shook her hand and lifted the child over the fence, and walked off with the child.

Brittany also attempted to kidnap another child. The woman approached, grabbed the child by the wrist, and said, “Come with me. Let’s start a family,” The second child told investigators. The child jerked away from the woman and managed to get away, the child told investigators.

Brittany also told investigators that she knew she was under arrest because she kidnapped a child. She was taken to the Scott County Jail.

Brittany faces charges for kidnapping someone younger than 14; battery with bodily injury; criminal trespassing; public nudity; and resisting law enforcement.

According to online court records, her trial is set for March 20; however, trial dates are commonly reset for various reasons.

Austin is a city of about 4,000 people that’s about a 40-minute drive north of Louisville, Kentucky.