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Ex-boyfriend to face kidnapping charges for teen disappearance in Wrentham
By Connie Paige, Globe Correspondent
A New Hampshire man is expected to face kidnapping charges in federal court today after police allege he lured his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend into a car while she was on break from her job at a Wrentham mall and forced her to drive with him across the state line.
Investigators offered few new details about the alleged abduction at a news conference today, but they did say that Nicole Viveiros was not hurt while she was held against her will for almost 19 hours.
Her disappearance Tuesday night while on a 15-minutes break from work at the Eddie Bauer at the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets Mall sparked a massive search that involved some 75 law enforcement officers.
Donald Durand, 19, of Rochester, NH, was in custody of US Marshals today awaiting an appearance in federal court in Boston, according to Gail Marcinkiewicz, a Boston spokeswoman for the FBI. Durand was arrested Wednesday in New Hampshire.
Speaking to reporters outside the Wrentham Police Department, Detective Lieutenant William McGrath said media attention, the use of cell phones, and information gathered from the social networking website Myspace.com played a key role in the case. McGrath declined to provide specifics about the disappearance of the Bellingham teen or describe her treatment while she was missing.
"She appeared healthy," McGrath said. "She appeared physically fine."
