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Trucker Convicted Again Of Kidnap/Rape Of Kansas Teen


A former cross-country truck driver has been found guilty for the second time in the 2000 kidnapping and rape of a Kansas teenager.

A jury in Franklin County on Monday convicted 53-year-old Ralph E. Corey of five charges for kidnapping a 16-year-old Ottawa girl as she left work.

She was driven to several locations in Ottawa and sexually assaulted.

After Corey was found guilty of the same charges in July, a juror admitted accessing information about the case from a smartphone during the trial. That violated the judge’s instruction, leading to a mistrial.

The case went cold until 2011, when Corey’s DNA profile was matched to evidence found at the crime scene.

Sentencing is scheduled Dec. 11.

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