Two suspects arrested in kidnapping of girl

Friday, July 26, 2002

PHILADELPHIA -- Acting a tip, police Thursday arrested two men wanted in the kidnapping-for-ransom of Erica Pratt, the 7-year-old girl who authorities say escaped from her captors by gnawing through duct tape.

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