BILLINGS, Mont.—Authorities have started extradition procedures against two men held in North Dakota in the kidnapping of a Montana teacher now presumed dead.
Richland County Attorney Mike Weber says he expects a hearing within the next 30 days on whether to extradite 47-year-old Lester Vann Waters, Jr. and 22-year-old Michael Keith Spell.
The pair face aggravated kidnapping charges in the Jan 7 disappearance of Sherry Arnold. The 43-year-old Sidney High School teacher left her house for a morning run and never returned.
Arnold’s body has not been found, and authorities won’t say why she is presumed dead or what led to the arrest of Waters and Spell.
Both men have been identified as residents of Colorado although Waters is originally from Florida, where he has an extensive criminal record.
