Bloomington; Linda would remain


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   Hours earlier, Kruger had been spotted driving in the wrong direction
on a one-way street in Platteville, Wisconsin. A police officer made an effort
to pull him over, but Kruger sped away without stopping.
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behind. Kruger agreed. He changed his clothes and took a cap
and a pair of sunglasses from Walter, and Linda retrieved two
cans of soda from the house for him. Kruger then ordered
Walter into the passenger seat of theReidls’ truck, placed a
shotgun in the cab, took a seat behind the wheel, placed the
handgun he had previously pointed at Linda in his lap, and
departed the farm with the cow in tow. Kruger told Walter that
he also had explosives with him.
    Kruger took Walter on a meandering two-hour journey to
Dodgeville, Wisconsin, never stopping in Bloomington. Twice
during the journey, Kruger put a crushed pill into one of the
soda cans, lit the pill, and inhaled the smoke, telling Walter
that it calmed him. At one point, Walter asked Kruger to let
him go, but Kruger refused. Eventually, when the two reached
Dodgeville, Walter persuaded Kruger to let him telephone his
wife and tell her he was alright. Kruger gave Walter some
money and directed him to see if he could buy some