Staff Report
Healdsburg Police officers responded to a report of an assault at Byron Gibbs Park at 5:27pm on Sunday, Aug. 3. When they arrived on the scene, on Prentice Drive near Sunnyvale Drive, they found a woman in her 70s bleeding profusely from her head.
She related that she and her husband, from the East Bay region, had been visiting the area and went to Gibbs Park to use the public restroom. While returning to their vehicle, they responded sympathetically to a woman asking for help, who in turn pulled a gun on the couple and demanded their possessions and vehicle.
A second woman emerged and the two of them took possession of the vehicle, a 2017 Subaru Forester, and attempted to flee. When they attempted to drive the car away, however, they were unable to work the manual transmission. They then abducted the male of the victimized couple to drive the vehicle, and headed south on Hwy 101 toward the Bay Area.
As the officers heard the story they called an ambulance for the injured woman and put out an all-points bulletin for the stolen vehicle. A short time later the Petaluma Police Department located the vehicle traveling south on Hwy 101, and a pursuit ensued.
Involved agencies included the Petaluma Police Department, the CHP, the Marin County Sheriff, the San Rafael Police Department and the Sonoma County Sheriff.
With the chase underway, the kidnap victim driving the vehicle ran it off the road twice, first at Kastania Road near the county line, then again between Novato and San Rafael in Marin County.
With law enforcement in active pursuit, the two suspects attempted to flee but were taken into custody. The reluctant driver was unhurt and later reunited with his wife.
In photographs released by the Petaluma Police Department, the vehicle appears to be a 2017 Subaru Forester. Some models do have a physical manual transmission, where both the shift lever and clutch pedal are engaged to change gears.
A juvenile victim associated with the suspects was located in the car and is safe. No name is being released for this person, who is not a suspect.
Davina Humphrey, a 51-year-old female from Oakland, and Amina Vaden, a 24-year-old female also from Oakland, were both arrested and charged with a number of crimes including kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, assault with a firearm and willful discharge, child abuse and elder abuse, various weapons charges and conspiracy.
Bail was initially set at over $1 million each, but was subsequently changed to no-bail status. As of this report they are still in custody awaiting trial.
