Another short set, it sounded like the band rifled through all six songs on their WILDCARD EP plus a few more.
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For the next 23 hours, this mysterious kidnapper would proceed to drive around the Baltimore region, with Violet bound and blindfolded in the back seat.
Read more in our This Oct. 6, 2001 file photo shows Cal Ripken escorting his mother, Vi, from the field, after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before Cal's final game, at Oriole Park in Baltimore. That morning, 74-year-old Violet had set off on her morning routine, and was abducted from her own home by a masked gunman.
"The Aberdeen Police Department and the Baltimore FBI have maintained an active and ongoing criminal investigation since the abduction," Lt. William Reiber Ripken Jr., who played for the Baltimore Orioles before retiring in 2001, offered a $100,000 reward in 2013 to anyone who could help authorities capture his mom's abductor.
Violet pressed the panic button on the key ring, setting off the alarm and scaring the man away.
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On July 24th, 2012, Violet Ripken was abducted at gunpoint.
He has German, English, and Irish ancestry. All rights reserved. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Where Mess brought melody and moderate rock tempos, Violet Ripken dialed the room up several notches with buzzsaw guitars, punching bass and drums, and operatic vocals from singer Melissa Weller's booming pipes.
However, the scary encounter wouldn't be the last time Violet was threatened.
Authorities never said whether Violet's kidnapping was a random attack, or she was targeted. The Baltimore County Police Department had just alerted the press to the missing persons investigation this morning, and called off the search an hour later, the
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Violet Ripken, the widow of Major League Baseball coach Cal Ripken Sr., was The kidnapper blindfolded her and drove her around in her Lincoln Town Car for 24 hours before releasing her. Cal Ripken’s mother, Violet, was abducted from her home in 2012. More about Newser:
Now, five years later and still no leads on the case, authorities released an updated sketch, hoping it could finally bring an end to the investigation.
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Violet, now 79, was married to Orioles coach and managed Cal Ripken Sr. until his death in 1999, and the mother of his namesake son.