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FBI: 2 more charged with NC man's kidnapping

RALEIGH, N.C. — The FBI announced Wednesday it charged two more people in connection with the kidnapping of a North Carolina man.

The two new charges are against Jakym Timms and another man.           

Authorities said Frank Janssen, 63, was targeted by Kelvin Melton -- a prison inmate -- who allegedly masterminded the kidnapping from his jail cell in Butner.

Janssen is the father of the prosecutor who sent Melton to prison.

He was taken from his Wake Forest home earlier in April, then discovered days later inside an Atlanta apartment.         
 
Several others have been charged in the crime.

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