Gerald Friend

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Gerald Arthur Friend (born November 24, 1937) is an American rapist and kidnapper from Lakewood, Washington, currently serving two consecutive 75-year terms at Airway Heights Corrections Center. Friend was originally jailed for kidnapping 12-year-old Candace Compton from Sumner, Washington, in July 1960, when he was 22. He picked up the hitchhiking girl and her brother, but forced the boy from the car at gunpoint. He then drove Compton to Mount Rainier National Park where he beat her, raped her, burned her with cigarettes, and cut her hair. The girl eventually escaped by jumping into a river, where she was discovered by a passing motorist. Several days later, Friend's father found him hiding in a field near their home; Friend drew a .22 pistol and was wounded in the ensuing struggle. His father took him to the hospital and turned him in to the police. Friend was initially charged with first degree kidnapping, then a capital offense in Washington even if the victim did not die, but later...

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