After being held for ransom for nearly a month in Haiti, a Florida couple was released Thursday after negotiations with their kidnappers, the Haitian National Police and the couple's family told ABC News. Jean-Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, who were visiting relatives in Haiti, were kidnapped on March 18 while traveling on a bus from Port-au-Prince, according to their family members. PHOTO: Jean Dickens Toussiant and Abigail Toussaint are shown in this undated photo. MORE: American couple being held at ransom in Haiti, family says: 'We told them not to go'The family initially learned about the ransom demands after the friend escorting the Toussaints contacted his relatives, Desormes said. American couple held for ransom in Haiti released nearly a month later originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News April 14, 2023 09:47 UTC