Kidnapping suspect takes his own life

Posted on May 2, 2018

By ANGELA M. CASTELUCCI / Managing Editor

Tucked at the far end of an outdoor hallway, the ground-floor motel room had a view of the pool and the Steinhatchee River just across Riverside Drive.

Checkout time was 11 a.m., and the clock was ticking.

PHOTO: Capt. Jimmy Cash (right) and Deputy Joey Franklin were part of a five-man entry team (which included Sheriff Wayne Padgett, Inv. Thomas Gunter and Inv. Bryan Hayden) that rescued a Bradford County woman who was alledgedly being held against her will by a former boyfriend.

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