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Police searching for 34-year-old woman kidnapped from Raleigh Walmart

Raleigh police are investigating after a woman was kidnapped from a Walmart on Tuesday afternoon.

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Jennifer Chatham
By
Janine Bowen
, WRAL.com editor
RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh police are investigating after a woman was kidnapped from a Walmart on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said Jennifer Chatham, 34, was walking with her boyfriend along New Bern Avenue when a man stopped his van and asked if the couple needed a ride.

The driver took them to the Walmart at 4431 New Bern Avenue at about 2:30 p.m., where the boyfriend left the van and went inside the store.

When the boyfriend left the store, the van, driver and Chatham were missing, police said.

The driver is described as being black with a bald head and was wearing a white T-shirt and painter’s jeans.

The vehicle is described as a burgundy minivan with writing on the side windows and a ladder on the top.

Anybody with information is asked to call 911.

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