Sarah Atkins: Arrest warrant issued against second suspect in kidnapping of former Slack CEO’s child

BOLINAS, CALIFORNIA: A woman has been charged along with a 26-year-old parking valet in the kidnapping of Slack billionaire's child Mint Butterfield.

Mint, 16, who goes by they/them pronouns, disappeared for over a week in San Francisco before being discovered by police on Saturday, April 27, night in the back of a white van. Sarah Atkins was accused of kidnapping a minor and encouraging their delinquency.

Arrest against Sarah Atkins was issued in the kidnapping

A criminal complaint charged Christopher 'Kio' Dizefalo with multiple offenses, including kidnapping. Mint Butterfield is the single child of two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Stewart Butterfield, the co-founder of Slack, and Caterina Fake, the founder of Flickr.

Following Mint's discovery, Butterfield and Fake labeled Dizefalo a "predator" and thanked the police for finding their child. Dizefalo showed up in Marin County Superior Court on Wednesday, May 1, after a judge ordered him to stay away from Mint.

He is scheduled to return to court on Friday, May 3. As of Wednesday, May 1, Atkins had not shown up at court and was not under arrest.

Deputy District Attorney Daniel Madow informed the court that a warrant had been issued for her arrest.

According to Marin Sheriff Sgt Adam Schermerhorn, who spoke to The San Francisco Standard, Atkins, thought to be in her late 20s, was not there when Mint was found.

Mint Butterfield was listed as 'at-risk'

Mint disappeared from their mother's house in the posh neighborhood of Bolinas on April 21, and the next day, Fake filed a missing person's report.

According to detectives, they discovered Mint was hanging out with Dizefalo, a parking valet, and the known driver of a white van.

Officers found Mint inside the car after locating it. According to the New York Post, Dizefalo and Mint had a "quasi-relationship", according to the authorities.

The Marin County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that Mint had fled their house willingly and that they had been found unharmed.

Dizefalo was arrested in the Marin County Jail, with a $50,000 bail amount after detectives questioned him.

Mint was listed as "at-risk" by the police earlier this week because of a reportedly prior suicide threat. It's also said that they have struggled with addiction in the past.

They claimed that Mint had left their mother's house with a suitcase and a note acknowledging their departure. Authorities thought they were in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

The Tenderloin, which is notorious for its filthy conditions, homelessness, crime, drug trade, and prostitution, is at the epicenter of San Francisco's fentanyl crisis. Butterfield and Fake blasted parking valet Dizefalo in a press email.

The parents wrote in a letter, "We especially want to thank the seasoned law enforcement officers who understand the very real threat of predators who use the allure of drugs to groom teenagers."

Detail about Mint Butterfield's family

Right now, Mint's father has a $1.6 billion net worth. Salesforce paid $28 billion to acquire Slack in 2021, and Butterfield left the company in 2022. Along with her former partner Butterfield, their mother launched the photo-sharing website Flickr.

In 2005, they sold Yahoo the website that hosted images. Since then, Fake has been an angel investor in the tech industry and has served on the boards of multiple startups.

After getting married in 2001, Fake and Butterfield stayed together until 2007—the year Mint was born. Later, Butterfield married Jen Rubio, a co-founder of the American luggage and travel accessory company Away.

The two of them are parents to two young children.

Currently, Fake is dating Jyri Engestrom, a co-founder of Jaiku, and the couple has three children together. Butterfield bought a $31.7 million mansion in Aspen, Colorado, in 2021, the Daily Mail reported.

The mansion is located on a five-acre property with a view of the Castle Creek Valley. The property includes six bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, a three-car garage, a tasting room, a home theater, a games room, and a 500-bottle wine cellar.

In addition, Butterfield owns a $19 million residence in the affluent Presidio Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, which features seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms.