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War hero Keesee gets 20 years for Patterson kidnapping
U.S. District Court Judge Leland Nielsen sentenced Bobby Joe Keesee, a former Korean War veteran, to 20 years for conspiracy in the 1974 kidnapping and murder of U.S. Vice Consul John Patterson in Hermosillo Mexico. Keesee pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kidnap and admitted planning the abduction with Greg Curtis Fielden while denying direct involvement at the consulate.
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Bobby
Joe Keesee
Tuntington Beach
U.S
Mexico
San Diego
UPT
Bobby Joe Keesee
John 3. Patterson
U.S. District Court
Leland Nielsen
Keesee
Hermosillo
Stephen Melson
Fife
Patterson
Sonora
People’s Liberation Army of
Anne
FBI
Huntington Beach
Calif
Cuba
Esca
Pade
CIA
Amman
Jordan
U.S. State Department
North Vietnam
Greg Curtis Fielden
Fielden