WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities say a suspect has been arrested in the kidnapping of a Maryland man found fatally shot in the nation’s capital.
The Washington Post reports 25-year-old Darin C. Moore Jr. is charged with kidnapping.
No charges have been filed in the killing.
Police say 28-year-old Andre Simmons Jr. was abducted Tuesday near his Bowie home and kidnappers called relatives, demanding money. Court documents say a relative dropped $7,000 off Wednesday in Washington, and a car retrieved the cash hours before Simmons was found dead.
Court documents add police in May had hidden a tracking device in a car, registered to Moore, believed used in a robbery. Authorities say they reviewed tracking data after the car’s description matched that in the kidnapping.
The report didn’t say if Moore has a lawyer.
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Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com
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