Fifth suspect in bank robbery, kidnapping turns herself in

KINGDOM CITY, Mo. -- A woman suspected of involvement in last week's kidnapping and bank robbery in mid-Missouri has turned herself in to authorities.

Danel Jones of New Bloomfield is the fifth person charged in the case where intruders allegedly held people hostage overnight to get money from a bank.

In the incident, four masked intruders bound a bank employee's boyfriend and his two children and threatened to harm them if the employee did not cooperate, authorities have said.

The intruders allegedly attached devices to the man and children's bodies and said they were explosives. The following morning they drove the woman to United Security Bank in Kingdom City to open it. The woman was allowed to return home after $400,000 was taken from the bank.

Jones said Monday in an affidavit that she is the girlfriend of Michael Walker, one of two men she said she drove to the bank employee's home on Dec. 2.

Last Friday, Walker, 22, and his father, Richard Walker, 48, both of New Bloomfield, were charged in two separate incidents along with Richard Walker's daughter Crystal Walker, 20, and her boyfriend, Anthony Langworthy, 28, both of Jefferson City.

All four suspects are being held on $550,000 each.

Authorities made a connection between this crime and a similar one in New Bloomfield Sept. 5. In that case, police said three intruders threatened to keep a man or his nephew hostage while they robbed a New Bloomfield bank. Instead, the intruders stole $20,000 and the man's car, authorities said. No one was injured.

Jones was charged with 14 felonies, including robbery, burglary, kidnapping and armed criminal action.

Jones told officials that Richard Walker was the one who confronted the bank employee and explained their intentions to rob the bank.