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Chris Riley

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March 26, 2015

Police call kidnap a hoax, now can’t find California woman

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — Northern California investigators say they were suspicious when a man took hours to report that strangers broke into his home and abducted his girlfriend for an

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