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Oct 3, 2019 55 min

183: Keith Tolhurst – Arizona Extortion, Kidnapping and Maiming Plot

from FBI Case File Review Hosted by Jerri Williams

Retired agent Keith Tolhurst reviews an extortion case where the subjects threatened to kidnap and cut off the arm or leg of the 12-year-old son of an Arizona millionaire businessman unless he paid them $250,000. Through a series of phone calls and notes, the scheme provided directions to the victim on where to drop the money. Frank Alber was arrested, convicted of conspiracy and mailing threatening communications, and sentenced to 6 years in prison for the elaborate plot. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-183-keith-tolhurst-arizona-extortion-kidnapping-and-maiming-plot/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email. Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction, available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/

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