Crime & Safety
Jassy Correia Kidnapping Suspect Arrested
Police have arrested 32-year-old Louis Coleman III.

6:30 p.m. update: Police have arrested the man wanted in the kidnapping of 23-year-old Jassy Correia. They also found an unidentified body. Read the latest here.
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BOSTON, MA — Police are looking for a Providence, R.I., man who they are now calling a suspect in the kidnapping of a 23-year-old woman last seen in Boston early Sunday morning.
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Louis D. Coleman III, 32, has been identified as the person of interest police are looking to locate. He is now a suspect in the kidnapping of Jassy Correia, Boston Police said. She was last seen with him shortly after midnight Saturday after she left a Tremont Street nightclub, according to authorities.
Police are searching a Chestnut Street apartment building in Providence, and have taped off the trash and dumpster area of the building. Police have not released an official statement about the search at this time.
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Police are also looking to locate the red car Coleman is believed to be driving in a surveillance image.
Coleman was last seen in the Providence Thursday, Feb. 28, police said.
"Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Jassy Correia, Louis D. Coleman, or the red vehicle is urged to contact 911 immediately," police said.
Correia, of Dorchester, was last seen around 12:15 a.m. Sunday shortly after leaving the Venu Nightclub near 255 Tremont St. with who police now say was Coleman. Correia was later seen entering what police believe to be a red Nissan Altima with him near Tremont and Herald streets.
Correia is 5 feet 7 inches tall. She was last seen wearing big hoop earrings, an orange jumpsuit and a jean jacket with an image of red lips and pink wings on the back.
Correia is a systems engineer for Raytheon in Waltham.
"As this is a criminal investigation we defer any further inquiries to law enforcement. We are cooperating fully with the investigation," a Raytheon spokesperson told Patch.



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