State v. Boekenoogen

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

On 12 August 1999, a jury found Kenneth Michael Boekenoogen (“defendant”) guilty of first-degree kidnapping. The evidence at trial tended to show the following: On the morning of 26 September 1998, defendant entered a bakery in Durham County, North Carolina, where his ex-wife, Lynn Marie Boekenoogen (“Boekenoogen”), worked as the sole employee. Defendant immediately seized Boekenoogen by her hair, held a knife to her throat, and threatened to kill her. Defendant then pushed Boekenoogen into a back room of the bakery and proceeded to bind her head, arms and legs with…