Text message leads to kidnapping suspect

by alaaron | September 17, 2006 at 12:46 pm
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A man suspected of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and keeping her in an underground bunker was arrested Sunday, surrendering without a fight along a highway after eluding police for months with an elaborate system of hideouts and tunnels.

Investigators arrested Vinson Filyaw in Richland County about 24 hours after rescuing Elizabeth Shoaf, who had sent a text message to her mother on Finlaw's phone while he was a sleep, said Sheriff Steve McCaskill in neighboring Kershaw County.

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