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Judi Lynn

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Thu Aug 3, 2017, 05:34 PM Aug 2017

The Latest: Air traveler sees texts, aids sex-abuse arrests

Source: Associated Press


Updated 2:45 pm, Thursday, August 3, 2017


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on two arrests after an airline passenger spotted texts about child sex abuse (all times local):

12:30 p.m.

Authorities say two people have been arrested and two victims have been found after a sharp-eyed airline passenger saw another traveler texting about sexually assaulting children.

San Jose, California, police say they arrested 56-year-old Michael Kellar in the city's airport Monday night after a flight from Seattle. Officers arrested 50-year-old Gail Burnworth in her Tacoma home.
 
Investigators say it appears that two children, ages 5 and 7, have been sexually assaulted.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/The-Latest-Air-traveler-sees-texts-aids-11732176.php





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The Latest: Air traveler sees texts, aids sex-abuse arrests (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2017 OP
Wow! Good job passenger!!! chowder66 Aug 2017 #1
Neato! Surprised authorities believed her enough to check it out. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #2
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