‘Man killed girl after faking her kidnap to pose as rescuing hero’

 
27 edition 30.05 Nichhole Cable of Maine who was killed by an older man she met via Facebook This June 2012 photo provided by the Penobscot County Jail via Maine State Police shows Kyle Dube, of Orono, Maine. Dube, 20, was charged Tuesday, May 21, 2013 with murder in the death of Nichole Cable, who was last seen May 12, 2013. Police say a body found in the woods on Monday night is likely that of the high school student. (AP Photo/Penobscot County Jail via Maine State Police) Loaded on: 30/05/2013 Loaded at: 09:08
Bo Wilson30 May 2013

A man staged the kidnap of a teenage girl intending to paint himself as a hero by “rescuing” her — but ended up killing her, American detectives said.

Kyle Dube, 20, who allegedly posed as a friend of 15-year-old Nichole Cable on Facebook to lure her out of her home, has been charged with kidnap and murder.

Her body was found in woodland near her home in the state of Maine this month, a week after she went missing. In a statement released after Dube was charged, Detective Thomas Pickering alleged the accused told his brother, Dustin, that he used the social networking website to trick Nichole into meeting him to get some cannabis.

Dube, wearing a ski mask, waited in the woods, where he ambushed her, tied her up with duct tape and put her in the back of his father’s pick-up truck, it is alleged. He later discovered she was dead, so he dumped her body and covered it with branches, according to police, who said the cause of Nichole’s death is still being investigated.

Dube told his brother he “intended to kidnap Nichole and hide her, so that he would later find her and be the hero”, Mr Pickering wrote. The mother of the teenager, who lived in the town of Glenburn, reported her missing on May 13. Police said they interviewed Bryan Butterfield, a friend of Nichole’s, who said somebody had set up a fake Facebook account in his name and he suspected Dube. Mr Butterfield told police Dube had wanted to have sex with Nichole but she rejected his advances, according to Pickering’s statement.

Detectives discovered Nichole had frequent contact with the fake Butterfield on Facebook, and that he repeatedly asked her to meet up with him, before she finally agreed she would see him on the night she went missing.

Police asked Facebook to identify the owner of the fake Butterfield account, which was traced to Dube and his parents’ home in Maine. Dube’s girlfriend is said to have told police he revealed to her where he left the body.

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