Alleged kidnapper called 911 to say his victim wanted to go home
Friday, October 26, 2012
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Before police found Jeffrey Dean Shelton and a missing 5-year-old girl named Abigail in his sport utility vehicle Wednesday afternoon, he called 911 to tell authorities the girl he allegedly had abducted from her Wood Street residence early in the day was ready to go home.
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