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Hostage Drama Ends With House Ablaze

By EVERTON BAILEY Jr.
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SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (July 8) - An advertising executive — who vowed he wouldn't be divorced until his ex-wife was dead — kidnapped her from a parking lot and called for a priest to give her last rites before setting their house on fire during a 13-hour standoff, police said.
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2009-07-07 14:06:10

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Police say advertising executive Richard Shenkman, who allegedly kidnapped his ex-wife and held her hostage in their former home for 13 hours, torched the house before being taken into custody by authorities in South Windsor, Connecticut. The hostage, 57-year-old Nancy Tyler, escaped to safety about an hour before the fire started.\n