Aug 2, 2008 10:11 pm US/Eastern
FBI Arrests Fugitive Dad; Daughter Fine
Rockefeller Expected To Be Arraigned Monday
BALTIMORE, Md. (CBS) ―
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Reigh Boss Rockefeller and her father, Clark Rockefeller, have been missing since the pair were sped off in an SUV in Boston on July 27, 2008.
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Clark Rockefeller, the man who allegedly kidnapped his young daughter on a Boston street, was arrested by the FBI in a Baltimore suburb, CBS station WCBS-TV in New York City reported Saturday.
Rockefeller is facing multiple charges including felony custodial kidnapping, assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon,
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said. Rockefeller is expected to be arraigned Monday.
The arrest was a collaborative effort between the FBI, Boston police and other law enforcement officers, Davis said Saturday. The public also helped in the arrest. Authorities received more than 200 tips from the public involving the case.
The arrest happened around 1 p.m. Saturday in the Mt. Vernon section of Baltimore.
Investigators invented a ruse to get Rockefeller out of the apartment and away from the child. They called the suspect and told him that his boat was taking on water. He was arrested when he left the apartment, Davis said.
The girl, Reigh Boss, was found apparently unharmed in the apartment. She was en route to being reunited with her mother on Saturday.
"Her first words were she was very happy to see very nice people ... she was ecstatic," said Noreen Gleason, FBI's assistant special agent in charge of the Boston division.
The girl lives with her mother, Sandra Boss, who works in London as a partner in a global management consulting firm. The mother collapsed after hearing that her daughter was found alive. "She fainted, in a way," Boston Police Deputy Superintendent Tom Lee said.
The arrest ended a suspenseful week that began in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood when police said Rockefeller attacked and fled from a social worker during a supervised visit with his daughter.
In what police believe was an elaborate plan, Rockefeller is accused of arranging for two drivers to take them to New York City. He was most recently spotted last Sunday at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
Police first believed Rockefeller was trying to flee to Bermuda or Peru on a yacht docked in Long Island. But later they found Rockefeller might have planted false clues to throw investigators off his trail.
The father and daughter did not appear to have sailed to Baltimore, because the catamaran has been docked there all along.
Davis said the investigation was ongoing and authorities were still trying to determine Rockefeller's real identity and if anyone else was involved in the abduction.
Rockefeller used at least four known aliases, and there is no indication the fugitive is related to the famous family descended from Standard Oil billionaire John D. Rockefeller Sr., family members said.
On Thursday, the FBI indicated that Rockefeller may have dyed his hair an orange-red color and may have been traveling with a passport under the name of Michael Brown - one of his many aliases. Rockefeller may have also cut his daughter's hair to look like a boy.
Earlier in the week, Sandra Boss released a statement in which she begged Rockefeller, 48,
to return Reigh back to her, reported CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston. She addressed the statement directly to Rockefeller:
"Clark,
Although many things have changed, you will always be Reigh's father and I will always be Reigh's mother.
We both love her dearly and have only her best interests and well-being in our hearts. I ask you now, please please bring 'Snooks' back. There has to be a better way for us to solve our differences than this way.
I also want to thank everyone for your help.
And Reigh, honey, I love you and miss you so much. Remember you're always a princess."Boss posted her plea for her daughter's return on YouTube.
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