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Summary
A MANKATO, MINNESOTA MAN STOPPED BY THE LIBRARY TO PICK UP SOME MYSTERY NOVELS THEN STEPPED INTO A SITUATION BIZARRE ENOUGH TO BE A CHAPTER IN ONE OF THE BOOKS.
Footage Information
Source | CONUS Archive |
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Record ID | 208752 |
Story Slug | MN - Kidnapping |
Location | Blue Earth, MN |
Format | PKG |
Date | 7/21/2001 |
Archive Time | 25:48 |
TRT | 1:57 |
Supers | Bob Berg, KidnappedBlue Earth, Minnesota |
Video Description | SHOT OF BERG. SHOT OF THE LIBRARY. SOT WITH BERG. SHOT OF THE ROADS. SOT WITH A WOMAN. SHOT OF THE TEXACO. SOT WITH BERG. |
Description | A MANKATO, MINNESOTA MAN STOPPED BY THE LIBRARY TO PICK UP SOME MYSTERY NOVELS THEN STEPPED INTO A SITUATION BIZARRE ENOUGH TO BE A CHAPTER IN ONE OF THE BOOKS. |
Script | A MANKATO, MINNESOTA MAN STOPPED BY THE LIBRARY TO PICK UP SOME MYSTERY NOVELS THEN STEPPED INTO A SITUATION BIZARRE ENOUGH TO BE A CHAPTER IN ONE OF THE BOOKS.(TAKE PKG)(NATSOT-BERG"I suppose I had a half-dozen books."AT 78-YEARS OLD, BOB BERG GETS BOOKS FOR HIS WIFE EVERY WEEK OR SO.BUT AS HE WALKED TO HIS CAR A FEW DAYS AGO, POLICE SAY THE MAN, 21-YEAR OLD DWAYNE DAVID PETERSON CAME UP TO HIM AND HANDED HIM A NOTE.(SOT-BERG"I picked it up and it said, 'I have a gun. I want to go to St. Peter.'"THE SUSPECT THEN ORDERED BERG TO THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR. WITH PETERSON AT THE WHEEL, THEY HEADED NORTH...WITH SOME OF THE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY...SOME OF IT ON BACK ROADS.THEY STOPPED IN ST. PETER, WHERE PETERSON ALLEGEDLY TOOK BERG'S WALLET AND CELL PHONE. AND THEN, THEY KEPT ON DRIVING.(SOT-BERG"He drove very carefully. He didn't want any speeding tickets. He seemed to be very calm. Did very little talking."FOR TWO HOURS THEY DROVE. BY THAT TIME, BERG'S WIFE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO WORRY AND WAS WONDERING WHY HER HUSBAND WAS TAKING SO LONG AT THE LIBRARY.(SOT-She had been calling his cell phone, trying to get ahold of him. Couldn't figure out why he wasn't picking up. She called my house. She was calling different places trying to figure out where he would have gone."BERG DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS GOING, BUT KNEW WHEN THEY STOPPED FOR GAS IN JORDAN IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A CHANCE.(SOT-BERG"I think he didn't realize I could unlock the door in the back. So I jumped out and came around the front of the car and he grabbed me right away and put the gun to me. And I said 'shoot me..go ahead'.")PETERSON GOT DISTRACTED BY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT AND BERG WIGGLED LOOSE AND RAN INTO THE STORE. PETERSON WOULDN'T GIVE UP.. HE WAS RIGHT BEHIND."He came in with the gun and he says, 'Where'd he go...where'd he go?' And then he saw someone was on the phone and he took my wallet, the cell phone and his gun and threw it over on the counter and said 'gimme the phone', he said, 'I surrender!'")(BACK ON CAMERA) TAG: PETERSON TOLD POLICE THAT A MINNEAPOLIS FRIEND HAD OFFERED TO BUY HIM A BUS TICKET TO FLORIDA, WHERE HE PLANNED TO VISIT HIS MOTHER, BUT FIRST HE HAD TO FIND A WAY TO MINN>EAPOLIS.RECAP |
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