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Teen survives 30-hour park ordeal after belt attack in Illinois
Ashley Reeves, 17, lay held in a wooded Belleville park for more than 30 hours with a broken neck before investigators, led by Steve Johnson of the St Clair County Sheriff's Department, found her alive. She remains serious at Cardinal Glennon as authorities pursue 26-year-old Samson Shelton on two counts of attempted murder and aggravated kidnapping. Shelton, a driver education teacher by day and pro wrestler by night, is jailed on $1 million bond. arraignment possible later this week.
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