Son of Virginia Piper plans book on mother's kidnapping; Harry C. Piper III says the notorious 1972 crime is "a story that needs to be told." But many of his relatives don't want old wounds reopened; he's also having trouble getting FBI files.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: July 6, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

1/3 More than a quarter of a century has passed since kidnappers whisked his mother from her Orono home, collected a $1 million ransom and tipped authorities that she was chained to a tree in Minnesota's north woods.

Yet the case is still unsolved, and Harry C. Piper III is still haunted by it.

He is researching to write a book, hoping to chronicle one of Minnesota's most notorious crimes, the heroics of his parents - the late Virginia Piper and Harry C. Piper Jr. - and the traumatic effects of the kidnapping and the FBI investigation that followed.

Harry ...

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