Kwik Shop where teenager was kidnapped now has security guard

The Cedar Rapids Kwik Shop where a teenage clerk was kidnapped with a knife now has a security guard on the graveyard shift, said Jeff Parker, president of the company. Amanda Daniel was working alone when she was abducted around 4 a.m. on Monday.

Surveillance video captured the incident. Since 1993, most Cedar Rapids gas stations staffed alone during the night have been required to keep surveillance video.

The early morning shift at a convenience store is the most hazardous time to work the risk-filled position. Whether or not the guard is temporary or permanent, the clerk on the graveyard shift tonight is less likely to face what Daniel did on Monday

“I can't tell you how long that may or may not last,” said Parker of Kwik Shop.

Police have accused 54-year-old Keith Van Elson, Jr. of kidnapping the 19-year-old from the gas station at 1001 First Ave. SW. He was treated for a stab wound following the incident.

The Cedar Rapids Kwik Shop where a teenage clerk was kidnapped with a knife now has a security guard on the graveyard shift, said Jeff Parker, president of the company.  Amanda Daniel was working alone when she was abducted around 4 a.m. on Monday. Surveillance video captured the incident.

Since 1993 most Cedar Rapids gas stations staffed alone during the night have been required to keep surveillance video.The early morning shift at a convenience store is the most hazardous time to work the risk-filled position, as was

previously reported by KCRG.  Whether or not the guard is temporary or permanent the clerk on the graveyard shift tonight is

less likely to face what Daniel did on Monday.

“I can't tell you how long that may or may not last,” said Parker of Kwik Shop.

Police have accused 54-year-old Keith Van Elson, Jr. of kidnapping the 19-year-old from the gas station at 1001 First Ave. SW. He was treated for a stab wound following the incident.