Child Molester Chokes On Hot Dog, Dies
Man Kidnapped Boy From Marion County In 2005
POSTED: Monday, January 7, 2008
UPDATED: 4:02 pm EST January 7,
2008
  Frederick Fretz, 45, was serving a 20-year sentence when he died on Dec. 19. |
MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A convicted child molester and kidnapper died in prison last month after choking on a hot dog, prison officials said.Frederick Fretz, 45, was serving a 20-year sentence at the federal penitentiary in California when he died on Dec. 19.According to a prison spokesman, medics tried to remove the hot dog from Fretz's throat before taking him to a hospital.Fretz pleaded guilty in 2005 to kidnapping a 10-year-old boy from Marion County. The boy was found with Fretz three days later in Georgia.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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