Abducted Teen’s Body Found
On June - 9 - 2013
High school freshman Kathlynn Shepard had been missing since May 20 when she and a 12-year-old friend were lured into a pickup truck.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Authorities confirmed Sunday that a body found in the Des Moines River was that of a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was abducted along with a younger friend after getting off a school bus last month. An autopsy confirmed the body found Friday night under a bridge near Boone is Kathlynn Shepard’s. Her kidnapping May 20 in the small city of Dayton led to a massive search involving federal, state and local authorities. READ MORE HERE
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