Father hid 5-year-old daughter in ‘triangle shaped void’ between walls behind closet to prevent state from taking custody of her: Cops

A man allegedly hid his 5-year-old daughter in a void in a wall at a home to hide her from child custody workers who had a court order to take custody of her. (Screenshots from Tontitown Police Department)

A man allegedly hid his 5-year-old daughter in a ‘void’ in a wall at a home to hide her from child custody workers who had a court order to take custody of her. (Screenshots from Tontitown (Ark.) Police Department)

Police in Arkansas found a 5-year-old girl in an 8-by-4-foot “void” in the back wall of a bedroom closet — a space the girl’s father allegedly told police he hid her so child custody workers could not take her, despite a court order that he relinquish the girl to authorities.

Jon Thompson, 40, was arrested on Friday and faces charges of false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a minor and interfering with child custody, police said.

It all began with a dispute over the court order on Nov. 1, when officers accompanied workers from the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS) to Thompson’s parents’ home in Tontitown, in northwest Arkansas, to take custody of his daughter, according to an affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.

Once there, officers surrounded the residence to make sure Thompson did not try to flee with the child. He has a history of running from law enforcement and a traffic warrant out of Benton County, the affidavit said. He was described as “unfriendly toward law enforcement” when officers arrived at the home.

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