Thursday, 4:30 PM
Missing 17-year-old found, ex-beau charged with kidnapping
By Connie Paige, Globe Correspondent
A 17-year-old who went missing Tuesday night during a break from her job at a mall in Wrentham returned unharmed Wednesday, and authorities later arrested and charged a former boyfriend with her kidnapping.
Wrentham police announced last night that the FBI had arrested Donald Durand, 19, of Rochester, but they did not provide details on his court appearance or the charges.
Durand was arrested, police said, in the disappearance of Nicole Viveiros of Bellingham, who went to a police station in an undisclosed area before she was escorted to the Wrentham Police Department, authorities said.
She had disappeared about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday after a 15-minute break from her job at Eddie Bauer at the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets Mall, police said.
After she was reported missing, authorities launched a massive search involving helicopters, dogs, and about 75 law enforcement officers.
''She is safe,'' Wrentham police Chief Joseph Collamati Jr. announced late yesterday afternoon.
Early on, Collamati would say only that Viveiros had left the mall with a male friend and returned the next day with a different friend, whom police did not identify.
He said investigators used Viveiros's computer to uncover useful information on MySpace.com, a social networking website used by teenagers.
In a release issued last night, Wrentham police said that during an interview with Viveiros, "it was determined she was taken against her will by an ex-boyfriend to a location in New Hampshire."
