State v. Jenkins

BRAITHWAITE, Circuit Judge.

On April 9, 1976, the body of Gary Oster was found beside a road near Rapid City, South Dakota. Death was by strangulation. Several hours earlier appellant had contacted the police informing them he had been kidnapped by four Indians who got into his vehicle at a stop sign, they forced him to drive them around the countryside for several hours, and during this period they abused him both physically and sexually. Law enforcement personnel suspected a connection between the two and investigated them on that basis. Ultimately the investigation resulted in appellant’s…