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Nathaniel Kibby Facing 200 Sex And Kidnap Charges For Abduction Of 14-Year-Old Girl

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(Photo : Reuters) Nathaniel Kibby, 34, is seen in an undated photo released by the New Hampshire Attorney General's office. Police in New Hampshire on Monday arrested Kibby on charges of kidnapping 15-year-old Abigail Hernandez, who disappeared from her small town in the White Mountains last fall and reappeared mysteriously last week. REUTERS/New Hampshire Attorney General/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)

From just one charge of felony kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl from New Hampshire, the charges against 34-year-old Nathaniel Kibby went up to 205 more charges on Wednesday.

The additional charges include aggravated felonious sexual assault, witness tampering, second-degree assault, criminal threatening, felonius use of firearms, indecent exposure and kidnapping, reports CNN.

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The victim was Kibby's sex slave for nine months after he abducted her on October 9, 2013 at Conway, a town in the White Mountains, while she was walking home from high school.

A massive search failed to locate the teen even if she wrote her mother a letter a month after she disappeared. A week before Kibby was arrested, she returned home in July 2014.


Since his arrest at his Gorham house, which is about 30 miles from the house of his victim, Kibby is held on a $1 million bail. His criminal history goes back to 1998 with convictions for simple assault, criminal trespass and breach of bail conditions, Daily Mail reports.

Kibby also was raised and educated in Conway. He used to be employed at two weapons manufacturer as a machinist.

His victim, now 16, has returned to Kenneth High School in Conway and still walks her way home. But as an added precaution, she sends text messages to her friends while returning home.

While staying with the girl, Kibby showed the victim a rifle and threatened that he would hurt her family, pedestrians and police if she would give information on his identity.

In a statement, the victim said, "My gratitude is beyond words. It's an incredible feeling to be hoe and I believe in my heart that your hopes and prayers played a major role in my release."

Kibby's arraignment in Coos County, where he kept the girl, is scheduled on January 8, while in Carroll County, where she was abducted, it is slated on January 9.

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