Woman Is Sentenced for Abducting Boss
<i> Associated Press</i>
ROANOKE, Va. — A housekeeper drew 12 years in prison for locking her 84-year-old employer in the trunk of his car and driving around for two days while he begged for his freedom.
Vernon Laughon said he saw daylight only once during his captivity, when Mitzi Jean Horton lifted the trunk lid to ask him if her forgery of his signature on a check looked authentic.
Horton, 31, pleaded guilty to abduction and robbery.
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