Man arrested in Airway Heights abduction

AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A man wanted for allegedly abducting a woman from a home here was apprehended and booked into the Spokane County Jail on Tuesday evening, April 30.

Joseph Parisian, 51, was being detained without bail in the jail on a U.S. Marshall's Office hold at press time.

Parisian was the subject of a two-day manhunt inconnection with the alleged kidnapping of Amanda Pakootas, 38, who was reported missing April 27.

Airway Heights police said she was located safely in the area of Regal and Fourth Street areas in east-central Spokane, around 7:30 p.m. on April 29. She is currently in protec...