State v. Owens

Chandler, Justice:

Appellant, Alvin Owens (Owens), was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to life imprisonment.

We affirm.

FACTS

Mr. Ernest Vereen disappeared from his Horry County home some time between the evening of October 10 and the morning of October 11, 1984. There was evidence that a slight struggle had occurred in the kitchen. On the evening of the eleventh, Mr. Vereen’s son, Alan, received a typewritten ransom demand for $250,000. Mr. Vereen’s driver’s license was included in the envelope.

On October 13, Alan Vereen delivered $75,000 in ransom to a location specified by a telephone…