Big Story Follow UP

Little information revealed in Sherry Arnold case, more details to come

Posted: Jan 19, 2012 8:15 AM by Amanda Venegas
Updated: Jan 19, 2012 10:39 AM

BILLINGS - Still no sign of missing Sidney schoolteacher Sherry Arnold as windchills dip below 40 degrees across northeast Montana and northwest North Dakota. The Williston Police Chief tells Q2 authorities are following up on all leads, but so far, no new developments.

We'll likely learn more about what led law enforcement to the two suspects in Sherry Arnold's disappearance when an extradition hearing takes place later this month or next month. Lester Waters Jr., 47, and Michael Spell, 22, face felony aggravated kidnapping charges in Montana.
If found guilty, they could face the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Court documents state on or about Jan.7, Waters and Spell allegedly kidnapped Sherry Arnold along the truck route that Arnold often ran on.

In new documents including an arrest warrant and complaint that Q2 received Wednesday, the suspects are accused of "knowingly or purposely and without lawful authority restraining Sherry Arnold by either secreting or holding her in a place of isolation or by using or threatening to use physical force, with the purpose to inflict bodily injury on or to terrorize her."

From the court documents we received, we also learned that Waters is a father of two children, ages 15 and 5. Spell has a one-year-old child.