Suspect in UVA Student Abduction Appears in Court
James Robert Allen, the man accused of abducting and strangling a UVA student, appeared in Charlottesville General District Court via video. He is being held without bond on charges of abduction by force and strangulation. The victim was able to escape after being forced into a vehicle that crashed, and was found by a UVA professor who called the police. Allen fled the scene but was apprehended the next day. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 14.