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Woman Abducted, Killed In Crash
A 61-year-old woman was abducted at gunpoint Saturday from Springfield Mall and later killed in a car crash with her kidnappers, police said. Store surveillence video captured her last moments.
Police said two men forced Arlington resident Barbara Bosworth from the mall and into her Saturn, forcing her to drive to ATMs and take out cash Saturday afternoon.
"This is a true victim," Prince William County police Maj. Ray Colgan said. "I can't imagine anything worse than a woman being abducted by two thugs in a parking lot at gunpoint."
At one point during the ordeal, Bosworth was able to call her husband. She said she was calling to ask him for the PIN and cleverly called him by the wrong name, police said. Her husband called Fairfax police.
At 3 p.m., witnesses saw a woman being escorted around a convenience store in Woodbridge and knew something wasn't right, police said. The victim was forced to buy beer and use the ATM.
One man in the store pretended to know the woman, giving her a hug and whispering to ask if she needed help. She said that she did, and the man called 911.
The kidnappers left with Bosworth before police arrived. Police said the witness tried to follow the kidnappers' car as it raced cross U.S. 1 at high speed. An officer nearby spotted the car and began to follow as it sped across the road, never slowing down for traffic, police said.
At Neabsco Road and Indus Drive, the driver lost control and smashed into a wooded area. Bosworth was found dead in the car. Her two abductors -- one of them ejected from the car -- were flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where both were in critical condition Sunday. Police had not been able to identify the men Sunday afternoon.
Police said they found a fake weapon in the crash scene.
Friends of the victim said she was a devoted wife of 24 years and an animal lover.
http://www.nbc4.com/news/17469646/detail.html
Woman Abducted, Killed In Crash
A 61-year-old woman was abducted at gunpoint Saturday from Springfield Mall and later killed in a car crash with her kidnappers, police said. Store surveillence video captured her last moments.
Police said two men forced Arlington resident Barbara Bosworth from the mall and into her Saturn, forcing her to drive to ATMs and take out cash Saturday afternoon.
"This is a true victim," Prince William County police Maj. Ray Colgan said. "I can't imagine anything worse than a woman being abducted by two thugs in a parking lot at gunpoint."
At one point during the ordeal, Bosworth was able to call her husband. She said she was calling to ask him for the PIN and cleverly called him by the wrong name, police said. Her husband called Fairfax police.
At 3 p.m., witnesses saw a woman being escorted around a convenience store in Woodbridge and knew something wasn't right, police said. The victim was forced to buy beer and use the ATM.
One man in the store pretended to know the woman, giving her a hug and whispering to ask if she needed help. She said that she did, and the man called 911.
The kidnappers left with Bosworth before police arrived. Police said the witness tried to follow the kidnappers' car as it raced cross U.S. 1 at high speed. An officer nearby spotted the car and began to follow as it sped across the road, never slowing down for traffic, police said.
At Neabsco Road and Indus Drive, the driver lost control and smashed into a wooded area. Bosworth was found dead in the car. Her two abductors -- one of them ejected from the car -- were flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where both were in critical condition Sunday. Police had not been able to identify the men Sunday afternoon.
Police said they found a fake weapon in the crash scene.
Friends of the victim said she was a devoted wife of 24 years and an animal lover.