List crimes against person or property.
didn't know what else to do. Without her, he said, he didn't have a reason to live. For a few moments, he discussed the merits of killing Paula and Tom instead of himself, but then changed Paula tried to talk him out of what he was doing but found that she couldn't get through his mind. to him. After an hour of holding them both hostage, Marbles made a decision. "Get on your hands and knees," he told them both and made them crawl out of the office. There are windows in the hallway that look out on the rest of the refreshments area. These windows are not floor to ceiling, however. They start about waist high. By keeping the victims on their hands and knees, no one who happened to be looking in the front area would be able to see them. He made them crawl into another area of the offices and had Tom crawl into a supply closet. Marbles then locked the supply closet from the outside and forced Paula to leave the theater. They got into her car and drove away. Tom was able to force open the door in about twenty minutes, and he called the police. Marbles made Paula drive. He told her to head north. He said that he had always wanted to kill himself in the "woods." He told her to head to the forest, where he would kill himself to prove how much he loved her. They drove for several hours, but Marbles didn't like the look of the country and told her to turn around. She was hoping that they were going back to Anytown, but he suddenly told her to pull over. Placing the gun against her head, he tried to sexually assault her, but she kept fending him off. When a car approached, he stopped his attempt and told her to drive. They headed east and crossed the state line. By then it was daylight and Paula told Marbles that she was tired and hungry and needed to go to the bathroom. He ordered her to pull over at a motel and with the gun concealed, they registered for a room under a fake name. He paid cash and Paula saw that once he had paid for the room, he had very little cash left. They went into the room, and Marbles put the gun to her head and told her to strip for him. She refused, and he became enraged. He told her that he would "blow her brains out," but she still refused. He grabbed a towel from the bathroom and wrapped it around her throat and began strangling her with it. She began to lose consciousness, and Marbles stopped choking her. He splashed water on her her . face to revive her and then helped her to bed. He tied her hands and feet and fell asleep beside When she woke up, he was watching television. There was a news story about her abduction, including photographs of both Marbles and Paula. Marbles became very agitated, worrying aloud that the clerk at the motel might have recognized him. He laughed, however, Anytown. when the reporter described Marbles as "armed and very dangerous. "He allowed Paula to use the bathroom, and then they got back into the car and began driving towards Once they were across the state line, Marbles began to get nervous. He forced Paula to stop at an ATM and remove some money from her account. She didn't have a large balance, Page 2 of 3
