--- title: Utah Kidnapping: Father and Son Arrested description: A father-and-son duo accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman and her four daughters is now in custody in Wyoming, authorities said. canonical: https://time.com/4336444/mother-daughters-kidnapped-men-arrested/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-15T14:21:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:37:32.340Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Father and Son Arrested After Mother and Her 4 Daughters Kidnapped og:description: “This is an incredible end to a very stressful day" og:url: https://time.com/4336444/mother-daughters-kidnapped-men-arrested/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9efea443235d5ef/698893388e0601d79e465df2/dereck-flint-harrison.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Women Trapped In Basement og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Father and Son Arrested After Mother and Her 4 Daughters Kidnapped twitter:description: “This is an incredible end to a very stressful day" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9efea443235d5ef/698893388e0601d79e465df2/dereck-flint-harrison.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Father and Son Arrested After Mother and Her 4 Daughters Kidnapped  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 15, 2016 2:21 PM CUT  Utah police are searching for two suspects, Flint Wayne Harrison (left,) and Dereck James Harrison, after a woman and her four teenage daughters were lured to a house and tied in a basement before they managed to escape, on May 11, 2016. Utah police are searching for two suspects, Flint Wayne Harrison (left,) and Dereck James Harrison, after a woman and her four teenage daughters were lured to a house and tied in a basement before they managed to escape, on May 11, 2016.Centerville Police/AP  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 15, 2016 2:21 PM CUT A father and son accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman and her four daughters were arrested Saturday in Wyoming after a daylong manhunt, [authorities said](https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story%5Ffbid=1077278018999935&id=166652106729202 "undefined"). Dereck James “DJ” Harrison, 22, was arrested without incident in the Half Moon Lake area in Wyoming about 10 p.m., the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office said. His 51-year-old father, Flint Wayne Harrison, had earlier turned himself into authorities. Their victims told police that the two men, whom the mother knew, had [lured them into a home](http://www.centervilleut.net/police.051116.html "undefined") for a barbecue in Centerville, Utah on Tuesday. The mother and her daughters, aged 13 to 18, were then allegedly tied up with duct tape and wires in a basement room, police said. The mother was beaten with a baseball bat, and at least one of her daughters was also hit as they all broke free and escaped, according to officials. “This is an incredible end to a very stressful day,” Sheriff Stephen Haskell said in a statement. “It was a very good end to something that could have gone very badly.” It’s unclear why the two men targeted the family, but police say the motive appears to be “retaliation” on the mother. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4336444/mother-daughters-kidnapped-men-arrested/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4336444/mother-daughters-kidnapped-men-arrested/"},"headline":"Father and Son Arrested After Mother and Her 4 Daughters Kidnapped","datePublished":"2016-05-15T14:21:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:37:32.340Z","description":"“This is an incredible end to a very stressful day\"","url":"https://time.com/4336444/mother-daughters-kidnapped-men-arrested/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9efea443235d5ef/698893388e0601d79e465df2/dereck-flint-harrison.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9efea443235d5ef/698893388e0601d79e465df2/dereck-flint-harrison.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Women Trapped In Basement","caption":"Women Trapped In Basement","creditText":"Centerville Police/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4336444/mother-daughters-kidnapped-men-arrested/","name":"Father and Son Arrested After Mother and Her 4 Daughters Kidnapped"}}]}] ```