Convicted sex offender questioned by police in connection to missing Ashtabula teen
Pennsylvania State Police say they took a 46-year-old Ashtabula man into custody late Thursday night in connection with the kidnapping and death of a 13-year-old girl.
John Richard Bove was arrested Thursday night after police found the body of 13-year-old Kara Zdanczewski in a field in Saybrook Township, which is just west of Ashtabula.
Kara's parents reported the teen missing Wednesday morning. Her parents said she did not return home Tuesday evening from an outing with Bove. Police said Bove stayed with a friend Wednesday night in Pennsylvania and he told her some disturbing details. She reported that information to police the next day.
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Bove is a registered sex offender who was convicted of rape and sexual motivation on Oct. 25, 1990.
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Bove is facing several charges, including fleeing and eluding and failing to register as a convicted sex offender, but he has not formerly been charged with Kara's death.