THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, January 31, 1995 TAG: 9501310361
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: FRANKLIN LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
Two men, one armed with a handgun, abducted a woman Monday from the Southampton Shopping Center on Armory Drive and drove to Suffolk in her car, where they released her, about 1 p.m., police said.
She was unharmed, Lt. C.A. Butler said.
The suspects were reportedly heading for Norfolk, and authorities in all area localities were alerted to search for the stolen car, a late-model red Ford Mustang LX with license number ZYW-3745.
The suspects were described as white, one of them tall, with shoulder-length dirty blond hair and pale skin. He was wearing jeans and a dark shirt. The other man had short dark hair and was wearing a hat.
Police recovered another vehicle the suspects reportedly abandoned in the shopping center parking lot before the car-jacking, Butler said.
Anyone with information should call Franklin police at 562-8575.
KEYWORDS: KIDNAPPING CARJACKING by CNB