

'I was just thinking why did they get kidnapped,' she said. McGee's daughter said few words to the broadcaster and was equally shocked by the kidnapping. I miss him, I love him and there's nothing I wouldn't do for him.' 'Latavia was in the house too, so she saw him as a brother, but he's her cousin and my son. 'His mother had passed away when he was like 15 and I've had him ever since,' she said to the broadcaster. She survived the ordeal with Williams who was shot in the left leg, according to Mexican officials, the others did not survive.īurgess said that she was like a mother to Woodard and 'would do anything for him.' When rescued - McGee was seen barefoot and covered in dirt - the trauma of the incident evident on her face. 'When I saw them throw my daughter up on that truck - they like - threw them up like trash on that truck and I didn't like it and I wanted to get to her,' she said. ' said the others started running and they got shot at the same time - Shaheed and Zindell - they all got shot at the same time and she watched them die.'īurgess said watching her daughter 'thrown into the truck like trash' in video footage which emerged from the ordeal was heartbreaking. That van just started shooting at the car, shooting inside the van or whatever. 'They were driving through and a van came up and hit them. 'She was doing ok I talked to her last night,' Burgess explained after speaking to her daughter for the first time since the abduction. The two deceased Americans were taken to a Forensic Medical Service morgue in Matamorosįamily members of the victim's speak out about the harrowing kidnappingīrown and Woodard's bodies are prepared to be repatriated back to the U.S. The two surviving Americans were taken to the border near Brownsville, Texas for medical treatment Officials identified that two of the Americans from the group, Brown and Woodard were deceased, McGee and Williams survived the ordeal
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counterparts after they identified American license platesħ:30am: The group were found in a stash house near a place known as La Lagunona in the town of El Tecolote about six miles from where they had been abducted citizens at this timeĪ search for the group commenced with the help of U.S. Mexican officials saw video footage of the incident emerge, but did not know they were U.S.


The group were then taken to several different locations according to Mexican officials in order to create 'confusion and avoid rescue' Latavia 'Tay' McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Eric Williams and Zindell Brown depart Lake City, South Carolina, in a white minivan for McGee's tummy tuckĩ:18am: Group arrive at Matamoros a town family and friends said McGee had been to beforeġ1:45am: Group are caught in gang crossfire and abducted by people believed to be connected to the Gulf Cartel
