Man Gets 32 Years For Kidnapping; Victims Saved By Bathroom Note

July 1, 2011

A Louisiana man has been sentenced to prison for the kidnapping of his ex-fiancé and two children that were eventually saved by a note left in a Flomaton gas station bathroom.

http://www.northescambia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kidnap10.jpgTherral Hatfield, 26, was sentenced Thursday to 32 years in prison by Federal Judge W. Keith Watkins.

On April 21, 2010, a customer found a note scribbled on a paper towel in a women’s bathroom at the Yellowhammer truck stop at I-65 and Highway 113 in Flomaton. The note said that the female and her two children had been kidnapped and were being taken to Atlanta by their abductor. The note also contained a description of the vehicle and its license plate number.

An Alabama state trooper patrolling just inside Butler County near Garland spotted the vehicle, ending the kidnapping attempt.

Yellowhammer Truck Stop clerk Connie Kinman said after the incident that she noticed Hatfield outside the women’s bathroom door the entire time she was inside.

“She had to know he was there,” she said. “She was very brave.”

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2 Responses to “Man Gets 32 Years For Kidnapping; Victims Saved By Bathroom Note”

  1. reader on July 5th, 2011 9:46 am

    This is so scary! God Bless the woman that found the note, the female victim was very brave and smart. Glad to hear the victims are ok.

  2. 429SCJ on July 1st, 2011 5:17 am

    I am glad this joker is on his way to Lewisburg. I think in time Mr Hatfield will conclude, Atlanta if highly overrated.

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