Missing woman, children found safe

Spokane police have located a missing woman and her two children after a witness spotted the woman’s boyfriend carrying her out of a home. The woman, identified as 24-year-old Lindsay Montano, was described as unresponsive by a witness. The witness saw her boyfriend, 24-year-old James Bench, carrying Montano to a car near 18th Avenue and Fiske around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a police press release. Bench then loaded the couple’s two children, ages 2 and 4, into the car and drove away. Police said Montano was transported to a hospital but is safe, and both her children were also safe. Bench was arrested on unrelated warrants.