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Local man back home after texting mother he’d been kidnapped

WILKINSBURG, Pa. — A 25-year-old Wilkinsburg man who sent a text message to his mother saying he had been kidnapped is back home, police said Friday.

According to Wilkinsburg police, Marvase Spell left his home Thursday at about 10:45 a.m. He then texted his mother about 20 minutes later saying he had been kidnapped and “they” were going to kill him.

Police said Friday that Spell returned home and is OK, but further information was not provided.