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Kidnapped Dallas Girl Found Alive and Suspect Arrested
Dallas teenager Leslie Ward was found bound and gagged in the apartment of a seaman linked to a 1972 sea murder as FBI and police arrest Raymond Beckley on state charges. Authorities said the abduction appeared nonfatal and the girl was exhausted but unharmed after a three day ordeal. The case involves potential federal murder charges for crimes at sea and an intensive cross jurisdiction investigation.
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Dallas
UPI
Leslie Janice Ward
FBI
J. Gordon Shanklin
South Side
Shanklin
Raymond Clarence Beckfey
da Nang
South Vietnam
Kid
High Seas
Highland Park
Dallas County
Sherif
Clarence Jones
Beckley
Leslie