Two men are found guilty in federal court of a Neosho kidnapping.

 

 51-year-old Freddie Lewis Tilton of Joplin and 39-year-old Alvin Dale Boyer of Rogers, Arkansas, were found guilty of kidnapping charges in a Springfield courtroom earlier this week. The charges stem from an incident in July 2020 that occurred at Boonslick Lodge in Neosho.

 

Police were called to the hotel after reports that woman was being choked and then dragged into a room. When police knocked on the door of the room, the injured victim answered the door and ran out of the room. Tilton had jumped out of a back window and escaped. Boyer had rented the room and invited the victim to meet him there. When she arrived, Tilton was waiting for her. The victim was then assaulted.

 

The U.S Attorney's Office says both Tilton and Boyer are subject to a sentence of llife in prison without parole in the case.