Man indicted in death of Bethel Park woman Jaime Feden

The man investigators said kidnapped and killed a Bethel Park woman in the Nevada has now been indicted by a grand jury in her death.

John Chapman is accused of one count of kidnapping which resulted in the death of the victim.

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In court documents, FBI agents said neighbors told them they had not seen Jaime Feden or her special access van in months. But they did see Chapman coming and going from her apartment. Inside, the FBI found a fake CIA credential with Chapman’s name and picture, along with three backpacks. One contained women’s underwear while another had zip ties and duct tape.

Feden was last seen by her family and friends Sept. 15 before she took a trip to Las Vegas with Chapman. Court documents said he misled her about why they were taking the trip, leading Feden to believe they were buying a house there, but he had a “kill kit” ready on the day they left Pennsylvania. He lured her into the desert outside Las Vegas under the pretext of conducting a photoshoot, investigators said.

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According to court documents, once Chapman got to the desert, he bound her hands and feet with zip ties and tied her to a signpost. He allegedly put duct tape on her mouth and nose until she couldn’t breathe and watched her as she died from asphyxiation.

Once she was dead, investigators said Chapman said he took her down from the signpost, removed the tape from her mouth and the zip ties from her hands and feet and then removed her clothes. He then left her next to the signpost and traveled back to Bethel Park, throwing her clothing at various places along the way.

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Her body was not found in the desert until early October and it took more than a month to positively identify her remains.

Chapman admitted to investigators he killed Feden for her money.

Investigators said that once he came back to Bethel Park, Chapman stayed at Feden’s house, passing it off as his own.

Man charged with kidnapping local woman, killing her in desert to be sent to Nevada Man charged with kidnapping local woman, killing her in desert to be sent to Nevada

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