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Updated: 8:51 a.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 | Posted: 8:35 a.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2010

Suspect In Kidnapping, Sexual Assault Kills Self



PUYALLUP, Wash. —

A man suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a neighbor killed himself after a standoff with a police SWAT team near Puyallup overnight.

Police said the man kidnapped a woman and forced her into a triplex near 114th Avenue Court East and Benston Drive on Thursday night and sexually assaulted her.

A SWAT team was called in, tried to negotiate with the man and later used flash grenades to distract him so that they could rescue the victim.

Police later found the man dead.

The victim was taken to Tacoma General Hospital, where she was examined and released.

Police have not released the identity of the man.

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