Court document mentions possible sexual abuse in kidnapping case

ALABAMA
Fox 10

By Renee Dials, FOX10 News Anchor

MOBILE, AL (WALA) –
The man charged with kidnapping a 17-year-old appeared in court Wednesday morning for a bond hearing. Some new details involving the case were brought out in the hearing, including the first mention that the teenager may have been the victim of sexual abuse.

Reginald Reed, 55, appeared in court for his bond hearing this morning without an attorney. Reed is charged with kidnapping a 17-year-old boy who was found shot and stabbed inside the trunk of a vehicle in the parking lot of Corpus Christi Church on December 13.

Judge George Hardesty read the allegations from the complaint filed by a Youth Services Detective. The document contains the first mention of possible sexual abuse in the case.

It states Reed abducted the teenager; “with the intent to inflict physical injury”, or to “violate or abuse (him) sexually”.

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