Caller demanded money from past drug deal in exchange for toddler’s safe return

Houston — The Houston Chronicle is reporting; Investigators say the kidnapping of a year-old Alvin boy was allegedly tied to a drug deal debt owed by the father.

A suspect called the father’s phone Tuesday night a few hours after 14-month-old Manuel Recendez was snatched from his stroller as his mother pushed him on West Phillips near 2nd Street in Alvin. To rear more on this story, head to The Houston Chronicle's website: http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/05/alvin-police-say-toddlers-kidnapping-tied-to-drug-deal/