A Second Person Has Now Been Charged in Abduction of Slack Founder’s Child
A 26-year-old parking attendant accused of abducting 16-year-old Mint Butterfield appeared Wednesday morning in court, where he was ordered not to have any contact with the teen.
During the brief hearing, Christopher “Kio” Dizefalo, clad in a yellow prison jumpsuit over a long-sleeved pink T-shirt and orange jail sandals, told Marin County Superior Court Judge Kelly Simmons that he understood her instructions. Dizefalo, whose face is tattooed with an image of a scythe, is facing charges of child abduction, a felony, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor. He is presently detained on $50,000 bail.
Mint’s parents are billionaire tech entrepreneur Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of workplace messaging app Slack, and former Etsy chair Caterina Fake, who, along with Butterfield, also co-founded Flickr, the photo-sharing site. Butterfield attended the hearing on Wednesday via Zoom, but did not speak at all during the proceedings.