A woman's body was found Saturday in the area where authorities were hunting for a woman who briefly escaped from her kidnapper before being abducted again from a police station lawn.
The body seemed to fit the description of Rhonda Maloney, said Adams County Sheriff Ed Camp. Authorities were waiting for a positive identification.Maloney, 25, was driving home from her job as a casino waitress early Feb. 12 when a man ran her off the road, then raped her for two hours, police said.
Maloney escaped and flagged down Jaquie Creazzo. As she drove Maloney to the Thornton police station, a gunman pulled alongside the car and shot Creazzo three times. The gunman pulled Maloney from Creazzo's car after it jumped the median and stopped on the police station lawn.
Creazzo was paralyzed from the waist down and is recovering at Craig Rehabilitation Center.
"She (Creazzo) is a real hero, and without her we never would have known what happened to Rhonda," Maloney's husband, Kerry, said.
On Friday, police arrested Robert E. Harlan, the 29-year-old son of a Denver policeman. Harlan was charged with murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery.