Twice-Convicted Murderer Accused in Kidnapping of North Carolina Family
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A man once sentenced to death for kidnapping and murder is accused of kidnapping a father, his daughter and two small children from North Carolina.
Cherokee County, S.C. Sheriff Bill Blanton said Saturday that the suspect was hospitalized after he was shot by deputies following a chase into nearby woods. Blanton said one deputy suffered a minor scratch in the shootout.
Blanton said the suspect, 52-year-old Jerry Douglas Case of Gastonia, N.C., went into a convenience store near Gaffney, S.C., His captives started the car, drove off, and stopped in Blacksburg, S.C., about 10 miles northeast of Gaffney, and called 911.
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Case was sentenced to death in 1986 for kidnapping and murdering a Tennessee taxi driver. In a 1992 retrial, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was released from prison 16 years later.