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Suspect dead, Mich. student safe after abduction

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Suspect dead, Mich. student safe after abductionCORRECTS SPELLING TO PERSYN NOT PERSON The Persyn family residence in Lincoln Township was partially burned in the late hours of Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 when Eric Ramsey attempted to set it on fire. Ramsey had abducted a CMU student who left his moving vehicle to run to the residence for help. 14 year-old James Persyn III was in the home with his 11 year-old sister and 2 year-old brother when the woman banged on the door. James let the woman in, locked the door, grabbed his hunting knife, and moved her, his siblings, and the family dog into the bathroom while the woman used James' phone to call the police. While the four were shut in the bathroom, Ramsey attempted to light the house on fire and then left. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Colleen Harrison)(Credit: AP)

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man abducted and raped a Central Michigan University student and set fire to a house where she fled.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski (MED’-ah-shess-kee) says 30-year-old Eric Ramsey was later killed by a deputy.

The abduction happened Wednesday night on the campus in Mount Pleasant, about 120 miles northwest of Detroit.

The sheriff says Ramsey drove the woman in her own vehicle to a home off campus and raped her. He says Ramsey put her back in the vehicle and pledged to kill her, but she escaped the moving vehicle and ran to a home.

He says Ramsey set the house on fire, but one of the residents put it out.

Ramsey was shot early Thursday by a deputy in Crawford County, more than 70 miles away.

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