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'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.

November 14, 2010

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.

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