Northland woman's quick action solves Queensland child kidnapping case 15 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Queensland police have acknowledged Far North woman Marie Ireland for her part in solving a Gold Coast kidnapping. Queensland police have acknowledged Far North woman Marie Ireland for her part in solving a Gold Coast kidnapping. Northern Advocate For a moment Northland woman Marie Ireland had trouble taking in what she was seeing from her bedroom window in Mudgeeraba, on Queensland's Gold Coast. What she was witnessing, on May 11, 2018, was the kidnapping of a 12-year-old boy, who had a blanket thrown over him and was bundled into a car as he arrived home from school. Marie had just five seconds to take it all in, then contact the police.