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Bride Held Captive Saves Life With Small Push
Lida Caldwell, 19, says she and ex-boyfriend Robert Batch held her captive 44 hours after their Detroit wedding. Batch shot her in the chest and killed himself. Caldwell pushed the gun and was grazed. Her husband Charles, 18, was wounded in the cheek. both were treated in Cleveland hospitals.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Lida Caldwell
University Heights
Doctors Hospital
Robert Batch
Detroit
Batch
Donald J. Stehnk
Unversity Heights
Butch
Lida