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Good morning..Greg.

Here we go again. Now, we have two teenage girls kidnapped in California. Add this to Samantha and Cassandra murders, and the Elisabeth Smart abduction..all while DW has been on trial.

In light of the fact, that the Jury has not been sequestered, do you think they are ready to make an "example" out of him?

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PAGING JUDGE MUDD...SEQUESTING TIME???

Amber Alert: Two Teens Kidnapped At Gunpoint

Authorities Seek Assistance With 'Life And Death' Situation

 

POSTED: 6:41 a.m. PDT August 1, 2002

UPDATED: 8:04 a.m. PDT August 1, 2002

 

LANCASTER, Calif. -- Two teenage girls were kidnapped at gunpoint early Thursday and taken away in a vehicle that belonged to one of the victims' friends, authorities said.

  Tamera Brooks, 16, and Jaqueline Marris, 17, were sitting in separate cars with two male friends when they were approached by a man shortly after 1 a.m. The man forced Brooks out of her vehicle at gunpoint, then approached Marris, who was in a 1980 Ford Bronco, authorities said.

  The man, described in his mid-30s to early 40s, tied up one of the friends and sped away in the white Ford Bronco with a blue-grey camper shell with both girls inside, said a spokesman for the Los Angeles County sheriff's department. The Bronco has California licence plate number 1AIZ962. The truck has raised large raised tires and a D&D Muffler sticker in the rear window.

 

The girls apparently did not know each other or their abductor according to Sgt. Joe Efflandt of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

  Brooks is described as a 5'4" black female weighing approximately 125 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a red shirt with a butterfly on the sleeve, dark shorts and tan sandals. Marris is described as a white female with dyed jet black hair. She is approximately 5'4" tall, weighs 120 pounds and was last seen wearing a black shirt and dark pants.

 

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	Teen Girls Snatched At Gunpoint

"He told me he was going to kill me but he didn't want to," an 18-year-old man told NBC4. The teen, who had duct tape on his arms and legs, said he was blindfolded and tied to a post while the kidnapper took away his female friend. "He just kept telling her to stay down, keep her head down, don't look at him."

  Efflandt said the man poured gasoline over one of the vehicles, apparently trying to torch it, but was unsuccessful.

  Sheriff's investigators also said the man left behind a vehicle that was reported stolen in a carjacking in Nevada. No other details were immediately available.

  The remote area where the kidnapping occurred is a place frequented by young people, Capt. Tom Pigott said.

  A command post has been set up and sheriff's deputies notified the FBI and the Border Patrol.

  "It's a life and death situation," Pigott said. "We're just trying to locate these young girls."

  Authorities have asked the public to be extremely careful in this situation. Steve Jauch of the Los Angeles sheriff's deptartment said, "Obviously, the driver of this vehicle is considered armed and dangerous. You need to use caution. If you see this vehicle, stay away."

  Jauch urged people who see the Bronco to call 911, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department at (323) 526-5541 or the Lancaster station at 661-966-8466.

  Sheriff's deputies used the "Amber Alert" system, which uses radio and television bulletins to announce that a child may have been abducted. The plan is named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old who in 1996 was kidnapped and later found dead in Arlington, Texas.

  Lancaster is 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles.