FEDERAL ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR PRESLEY EARL HOOD

John E. Lewis, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Oklahoma, Carl Hiner, Sheriff, Payne County Sheriff's Office, Norman McNickle, Chief, Stillwater Police Department, and Thomas Jordan, Acting Director, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, announced that a Federal warrant has been issued for the arrest of Presley Earl Hood, 56, related to the disappearance of Shawnda Marie Cheney, 10.

Cheney was kidnaped Friday night at approximately 7:30 p.m. near her residence in the community of Thomasville located east of Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Shawnda was wearing a light pink tee shirt with a rose on the front, faded blue jean shorts, blue tennis shoes, and had a black Old Navy purse. She is described as a white female, 4'1", 10 years-old, weighs approximately 70 pounds, and has blonde hair and hazel eyes.

Hood is described as a white male, 56 years old, 5'8", 200 lbs., brown hair and blue eyes. He wears wire framed glasses.

Hood was driving his 1991 white Buick Century with a blue top, Missouri license plate 027-RPG.
The kidnaping is being investigated by the FBI, Payne County Sheriff's Office, Stillwater Police Department and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Anyone with information regarding the location of Shawnda Marie Cheney or Presley Earl Hood should contact the command post at (405) 742-8360, Stillwater Resident Agency of the FBI at (405) 372-1645 or after business hours or any other time may contact the Oklahoma City Division of the FBI at (405) 290-7770 (24 hour number), or the Payne County Sheriff's Office at (405) 372-4522. You may remain anonymous.