Lyon’s lawmakers, assisted by the FBI, and others are still searching for Naomi Orion, the sheriff’s office said. She was last seen on March 12, after a man got into her vehicle outside a Walmart store in rural Fernley. Prior to Friday, the sheriff’s office had said only that Orion’s disappearance was “suspicious in nature.” But Melissa Thomson, the sheriff’s shift supervisor, told the Associated Press Friday night that she was now being investigated as a kidnapper. “The FBI changed its leaflets to describe it as a kidnapping,” he said. He did not give further details and did not know when more information would be released. Deputies and auxiliary services “arrested a suspect… and confiscated a truck that may be involved,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. The sheriff’s office did not provide further details, but said “additional information will be available as soon as possible.” Irion had not appeared since a man wearing a mask and a dark hooded sweatshirt got into her car outside the store on March 12, family members told a news conference last week. Naomi Irion’s older brother, Casey Valley, told reporters at the time that surveillance video showed a man approaching his sister’s driver’s side before dawn and that the video appeared to indicate that he had said or done something about to make her move before she went in and left. Lyon County Sheriff Frank Hunewill said last week her car was found a short distance away and that evidence suggested a suspect may have been driving a dark truck. The sheriff’s office said Thursday it had located witnesses who were parked on Walmart when Irion went missing.
