Kidnapped Teenager Found In Texas
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Kidnapped Teenager Found In Texas
A teenager kidnapped from his home in North Carolina has been found at a children’s home in Texas.
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(June 24, 2008)--Authorities say a teenager who was abducted from his North Carolina home at knifepoint last week has been found in Texas.

Rockingham County Sheriff's spokesman Dean Venable said Tuesday that 17-year-old William Alexander Benitez was found in Galveston after a deputy there pulled over a vehicle.

Venable said the occupants fled and Benitez was the only one taken into custody.

The sheriff's office said last week Benitez was taken from his home at knifepoint by a group of people in two vehicles.

Authorities had said they thought the cars were heading to Texas.

Venable said he doesn't know of a motive for the abduction and named only one suspect.

Benitez wasn't unhurt and authorities are trying reunite him with his parents and to determine his legal status.

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Posted by: LN Location: Robinson on Jun 25, 2008 at 06:26 PM

He was abducted last week? And he is 17? And couldn't get away at any point from a guy with a knife? Something smells about this story.
Posted by: Bob Location: Copperas Cove on Jun 25, 2008 at 02:41 PM

I have to agree. English wasn't a strong subject for me in school but at least I can put sentences together correctly.
Posted by: PM Location: Gville on Jun 25, 2008 at 02:00 PM

Who writes this stuff?? He "wasn't unhurt"? Wouldn't that make him hurt? Please, you would expect the writers of these articles to be a little more literate. Anyone ever heard of proof-reading? By the way, I am glad he was found...hurt or not unhurt! lol
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