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Dec 7, 2009 at 3:07 PM CDT
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Dec 7, 2009 at 3:07 PM CDT
CLEVELAND, Ga. (AP) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into a possible link between a kidnapping in northeast Georgia four months ago and an attempted abduction about 25 miles away in North Carolina.
GBI officials announced the development in the case during a news conference in Cleveland, Ga. on Monday.
Investigators have been trying to find out what happened to Kristi Cornwell, who disappeared the night of Aug. 11 while walking
near her parents' home in Union County.
GBI spokesman John Bankhead says someone tried to kidnap a woman walking along a road in Ranger, N.C., on Aug. 2. He said the woman
got away because another car scared off the suspect.
Cornwell's family is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to her safe return and auctioned their lakefront vacation home to raise money to continue the search.
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