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Man Convicted Of Molesting Boy Chokes To Death On Hot Dog In Jail

Monday, January 7, 2008

A man who kidnapped and molested a Marion County boy choked to death in prison.

Frederick Fretz died at a federal prison in Atwater, California after choking on a hot dog.

In 2005, Fretz kidnapped 11-year-old Adam Kirkirt from Dunellon Elementary School. At the time, he told Kirkirt he was going to take him to his father, who had been arrested in Kentucky.

Fretz and the child were later found in Georgia.

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