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Arrest Made After Kidnapped Woman Alerts Police By Cell Phone
Woman Was Able To Describe Car, Location To Police
POSTED: 12:36 pm MDT May 11,
2008
UPDATED: 5:08 am MDT May 12,
2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A woman abducted from a Target parking lot by a man who hit her head with a brick, bound her with tape and threw her in the back of her car used a cell phone to alert police. Police rescued the woman and arrested 41-year-old Timothy Clapp Saturday, shortly after the woman called 911 at about 1:07 p.m. Police said Clapp and the woman did not know each other. Colorado Springs Sergeant Mark Comte said the woman made the call when her abductor left her in her car with her cell phone. She didn't know where she was but was able to describe her car and surroundings. She told the dispatcher she was too badly injured to leave her car.
Police verified her location using the cellular tower transmitting her calls.The suspect was captured in a nearby apartment hallway. Police said he appeared to be drunk. The woman, whose name was not released, was transported to Memorial Hospital.
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