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Woman called loved ones before her murder

Rita Maze, left, and her daughter, Rochelle Maze, pose for a photo in Great Falls, Mont. Rita Maze was abducted in Montana on Sept. 6, 2016, and found dead in the trunk of her car, found abandoned near Spokane, Wash., International Airport early on Sept. 7. (Lanni Klasner via AP)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Rita Maze, left, and her daughter, Rochelle Maze, pose for a photo in Great Falls, Mont. Rita Maze was abducted in Montana on Sept. 6, 2016, and found dead in the trunk of her car, found abandoned near Spokane, Wash., International Airport early on Sept. 7. (Lanni Klasner via AP)
Rita Maze, left, and her daughter, Rochelle Maze, pose for a photo in Great Falls, Mont. Rita Maze was abducted in Montana on Sept. 6, 2016, and found dead in the trunk of her car, found abandoned near Spokane, Wash., International Airport early on Sept. 7. (Lanni Klasner via AP)

Trapped in the trunk of her car on a terrifying trip from Montana to Washington, a kidnapped Rita Maze was able to make contact with her husband and daughter before she died. The Great Falls woman told her family at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday that “a large man in a black hoodie” hit her on the head and put her into a trunk of a car at a rest stop near Wolf Creek on Tuesday morning. She wasn’t even sure if she was in her car or not/ Annie Thompson & Karl Puckett, Great Falls Tribune. More here.

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