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Three people have been arrested by the Gardena Police Department after the man they said that tried to kidnap them was found dead.
Gardena police responded to a call on the 13100 block of Daleside Avenue after 5 p.m. Friday evening when the caller said that a man tried to kidnap them, but they had managed to knock the alleged kidnapper out in their truck. Police arrived to find the man unconscious and paramedics were unable to revive him, according to the LA Times.
The supposed kidnapping victims, identified as 36-year old Jennifer Nichols and 23-year old Alejandro Terrazas of Hawthorne, and an unnamed 15-year old minor were all arrested upon further investigation. They are expected to be charged in the man's death.
