NewsAugust 2, 2002
Two kidnapped Calif. girls rescued
LANCASTER, Calif. -- Two teen-age girls abducted at gunpoint early Thursday from a lovers' lane were rescued 100 miles away after their kidnapper crashed his getaway car and was shot to death by sheriff's deputies, authorities said. Kern County Sheriff Carl Sparks said he was certain the kidnapper was minutes away from killing the girls and had chosen a remote location in the high desert. He said the girls had been raped...
The Associated Press
LANCASTER, Calif. -- Two teen-age girls abducted at gunpoint early Thursday from a lovers' lane were rescued 100 miles away after their kidnapper crashed his getaway car and was shot to death by sheriff's deputies, authorities said.
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Kern County Sheriff Carl Sparks said he was certain the kidnapper was minutes away from killing the girls and had chosen a remote location in the high desert. He said the girls had been raped.
When two deputies arrived, the suspect showed a gun and said "No way, no way," according to the sheriff. The deputies shot him seven times in all.
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