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Kennewick woman escapes car trunk in Walmart parking lot

Abel popped the truck and escaped when the three teen suspects stopped at a Walmart about 15 minutes east of Portland.

KENNEWICK, Wash. — An 86-year-old woman escaped from a car trunk in Oregon after she was abducted by teenagers in Central Washington, according to KOIN news.

Hazel Abel was taken from her home in Kennewick on Monday and driven about three hours to Wood Village in Multnomah County, Oregon.

Abel popped the truck and escaped when the three teen suspects stopped at a Walmart about 15 minutes east of Portland.

All three – ages 14, 15, and 16 – were all arrested on suspicion of kidnapping.

Doctors checked the woman, and she will return home to Kennewick.

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