The man was arrested without incident Sunday in Holland, Michigan, and he was being held in the Ottawa County Jail in Michigan on local charges, according to a statement from Special Agent Joan Hyde, an Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman. Clay came at the woman with a hammer and then forced her into the trunk of her vehicle . Surveillance cameras on the ATM captured images of the suspect. He appeared to be using the ATM. He’s described as heavy, black, clad in a white T-shirt.
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The victim says he sexually assaulted her before strangling her unconscious.
The Pilot Service Station surveillance video show the woman walking into a McDonald’s restaurant within the Pilot Service Station at 3:05 a.m., according to the complaint. It was found parked in the parking lot at the Bay Pointe Apartments in Holland.
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Police say friends of the suspect identified him through the surveillance photos and they obtained mugshots through criminal records in Illinois and Michigan. His last parole check was September 12. He allegedly kidnapped the woman when she arrived home Thursday night while Clay was burglarizing her home.
