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MT Gov Seeks Return of Teacher Kidnapping Suspects

By KFBB News Team

Story Created: Feb 7, 2012 at 12:04 AM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 7, 2012 at 12:04 AM MDT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana's governor is requesting the
extradition of two suspects being held in North Dakota to face
charges in the kidnapping of Sidney teacher Sherry Arnold.
Monday's request from Gov. Brian Schweitzer comes as federal and
state authorities continue their search for Arnold. She went
missing during a morning run on Jan. 7 and is presumed dead.
Forty-seven-year-old Lester Waters Jr. and 22-year-old Michael
Spell were arrested a week later and are detained on bonds of $2.5
million each. They face charges of aggravated kidnapping - a crime
that can carry the death sentence in Montana.
An extradition hearing is scheduled for Feb. 14 in Williston,
N.D.
Authorities have not revealed any motive in the case. The
suspects came to the region from Colorado, although Waters is
originally from Florida.

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