Crime & Safety
Man Located After Kidnapping Report Leads to Two Hour Search
A search for more than two hours ended when police caught up with a man allegedly connected to an armed kidnapping.
The man police were hunting for on Friday night in connection to a reported armed kidnapping in Wenham is in custody.
The man was captured early Saturday morning after an extensive search of the area near the Beverly-Wenham line off Route 97.
The victim was located first and taken to the hospital and WCVB-TV reported that the victim’s mother was injured in the kidnapping.
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Initially, police received a report of a kidnapping at knifepoint at about 10 p.m. at a home on Topsfield Road (Route 97) in Wenham. A 23-year-old man had reportedly kidnapped a 21-year-old female.
More than an hour later the victim was located, and about another hour after that the suspect was captured by police. His name and the charges were not immediately available.
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The search had involved Beverly, State and Wenham police, plus dogs and a helicopter from the State Police.
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