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Man who abducted Carlesha Gaither-Freeland sentenced

Barnes had confessed he abducted the 22-year-old nursing aide in hopes of getting money from her to travel south to Virginia to see his daughter before facing charges for an earlier attack.

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Delvin Barnes has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the abduction of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither in Philadelphia.

He confessed

“It was an act of robbery in the beginning, and it turned into other things,” Barnes told the court.

Barnes had confessed he abducted the 22-year-old nursing aide in hopes of getting money from her to travel south to Virginia to see his daughter before facing charges for an earlier attack.

Delvin Barnes abducted Carlesha Gaither-Freeland

The violent November 2, 2014 attack, was captured on surveillance video, It shows Barnes grabbing Gaither-Freeland moments after she stepped off a bus and throwing her in a car parked along W Coulter Street in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood.

Carlesha Freeland-Gaither missing, disturbing video shows apparent kidnapping

Carlesha Freeland-Gaither

Once in the car, Freeland-Gaither struck Barnes with a hammer, which led him to threaten to kill her if she didn’t stop, said prosecutors.

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His capture

Investigators were able to track Barnes and captured him in Maryland three days later.

He told detectives that he selected his abduction victim at random.

Delvin Barnes takes a plea deal

Barnes was charged federally a day after his arrest. He took a plea deal.

As part of the plea deal, he also admitted to raping and trying to kill a Virginia teen in early October 2014.

Investigators said Barnes hit her with a shovel and took her to a mobile home where he doused her in bleach and gasoline before she escaped.

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