Crime & Safety

Billboards Feature Suspect In Vi Ripken Case

At least two Baltimore-area billboards featured the composite sketch of Violet Ripken's alleged abductor. Police released the sketch Tuesday.

A day after it was released by police, a of the man who allegedly abducted Vi Ripken appeared on billboards in the Baltimore area.

The advertisements—jointly funded by , , Metro Crime Stoppers and the FBI—appeared on revolving billboards along Interstate 95 and Interstate 83.

The billboard, with the black-and-white sketch, read:

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"WANTED
For the Abduction of Violet Ripken
Call: (410)-836-5432"

The phone number is a 24-7 hotline dedicated to the case.

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Ripken, 74, is the mother of National Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken—a native of . Violet Ripken was taken from her home by a man hiding in her garage between 7 and 8 a.m. on July 24, and returned unharmed to her neighborhood, where she was found tied up in her car around 6:15 a.m. on July 25, police said.

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