[PHOTOS] Family Rescue Girl Who was Kidnapped and Stabbed by Ex-boyfriend

Bethany Arceneaux was kidnapped and taken hostage on Wednesday evening at 5:20pm by her ex-boyfriend and father of her child, Scott Thomas. He grabbed her from outside a day care center.

The 29-year-old was seen forcing his victim into a Buick LeSabre before driving off with her,  leaving the victim's child abandoned in her car.

The getaway car was found later that day in Anderson Road, Duson, but it wasn't until Friday that Miss Arceneaux was rescued from an abandoned house on the same street.

She was rescued on Friday afternoon when a search party of family and friends confronted Thomas and managed to grab his victim.

Police who were also searching nearby rushed to the scene and quickly surrounded the house in a tense stand off that lasted a couple of hours.

The 29-year-old mother had been stabbed and slashed but is expected to survive, her family told KLFY.

A few hours after Marcus Arceneaux was pictured carrying his niece from a vacant house in Duson, a police swat team entered the building and Thomas was found shot dead.

Thomas died of injuries he sustained during the confrontation with Miss Arceneaux's relatives, according to reports.

According to Captain Kip Judice, of Lafayette Parish Sheriff's office, the victim's family had shot Thomas as they tried to free her from his clutches.

'Family members are walking through a pasture with an abandoned home ... and heard a yell from inside the home,' he said.

Those family members entered the home and confronted Mr Scott Thomas ... who began to harm the victim. At that point, a confrontation ensued between the family member and Mr Thomas.'

He added that when a swat team later entered the house they found the body of the kidnapper.

Relatives told KATC TV-3 gunfire was exchanged between the family and the alleged kidnapper but police could not confirm that.

Mr Arceneaux, the victim's uncle, said: 'We found my niece Bethany, she's OK. I'd like to thank everybody who came out and helped us search.'

Friends and family actually came into contact with the victim and the suspect in or out of the house,' Lafayette Police Corporal Paul Mouton told KPEL.

'There was a confrontation at that point. During that confrontation, the victim was freed,' he said, adding that Miss Arceneaux was said to be in 'good condition other than some injuries that she had received'.

She has been taken to hospital and is in a stable condition.

Victim: Bethany Arceneaux

Scott Thomas