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Retired Navy Vet Charged With Kidnapping Md. Woman Found Dead In NC

BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) -- A retired Navy veteran has been charged with kidnapping a Prince George's County woman whose body was found in North Carolina after she went missing from a naval base in Virginia.

Eric Brian Brown, a retired Navy veteran, faces kidnapping charges in connection with Ashanti Billie's death. He is set to make a court appearance Wednesday

Billie went missing on September 18, and her body was found behind a church in Charlotte, North Carolina, later in the month.

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Her cell phone was found in a dumpster in Norfolk, while her car was found in the Ocean View area.

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