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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

Filing: Sherry Arnold choked

February 17, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) An affidavit filed in the kidnapping of a Montana school teacher describes a crack-fueled, seemingly random abduction of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold, who was allegedly choked to death and then buried in a shallow grave on a North Dakota farmstead. Continue Reading

Kidnap suspects returned to Mont.

February 14, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) Two men charged in the kidnapping of a high school math teacher were extradited Tuesday to Montana, where they appeared in court less than a mile from where Sherry Arnold disappeared during her morning run.
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Mont. kidnapping suspect said he was going to Texas

January 19, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) One of the suspects in the alleged kidnapping of a Montana teacher now presumed dead received court permission to leave Colorado just two days before the woman disappeared.
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