'Dead' Man Arrested In Arizona Kidnapping

The 53-year-old drifter became a suspect after hunters in central Louisiana found Lexis Roberts' skeletal remains on Oct. 8, a month and three days after she was last seen with her mother, Suellen Roberts, and Thomas Sanders in Arizona.

FBI agents arrested Thomas Sanders, wanted in the kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl, on Sunday in Mississippi, where he was declared dead 16 years ago.

Sanders, a 53-year-old drifter, became a suspect after hunters in central Louisiana found Lexis Roberts' skeletal remains on Oct. 8, a month and three days after she was last seen with her mother, Suellen Roberts, and Sanders in Arizona.

Investigators located video surveillance footage of Sanders purchasing bullets in a Las Vegas Walmart.

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