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Remains identified as kidnapped Montana teacher

March 22, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A Montana community shaken by the kidnapping of a popular high school math teacher finally got some closure Thursday, as authorities identified a body found in neighboring North Dakota as missing teacher Sherry Arnold. Continue Reading

Montana kidnapping suspects plead not guilty

February 28, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) Family and friends of one of the two suspects in a brutal Montana kidnapping described him as an illiterate young father who was eager for work when he fell under the sway of a convicted criminal promising lucrative employment in the Bakken oil fields. Continue Reading