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Lit. Brown requested assistance from the Virginia State Police in tracing the vehicle, and by Tuesday investigators had established that the car was registered in the name of Leafs pretent girlfriend. She wjs interviewed by authorities in Connecticut, and told them that Leaf had made repeated threats to kill Ms. Hart. Capt. Nacovitch said that the police were also told that he planned to take the boy and go north to Vermont, and “not make the same mistake he had made last time” by staying in Connecticut.
She also said that he had taken the car, telling her he was going to the store, but had not returned.
A history of terror
Further interviews with family members established that Ms. Hart had ended their common-law marriage about V/2 years ago, and had been given custody of their son. Leaf was angered by the split, and harassed and threatened Ms. Hart, her mother and stepfather. In March, 1987, he abducted the boy and was charged with kidnapping.
In April, 1987, w ith the kidnapping unsolved and the boy still missing, Leaf abducted Ms. Hart as she left work, and pistol-whipped her until she agreed to drop the kidnapping charge. She required hospital treatment for her injuries. The charge, however, was not dropped by the police department in Trumbull.
Leaf, who still had the boy, continued to threaten Ms. Hart and her family, demanding custody of the boy
See ORDEAL, p. 10
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