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Abducted woman found alive PONCA (AP) — The father of a man arrested in the four-day dis appearance of his ex-girlfriend said Wednesday that his son led authorities Tuesday to a wooded area where she was found shot sev eral times but still alive. “He was looking for love and, he couldn’t handle it, I guess,” said Don Anderson of his son Brian. Anderson didn’t elaborate on what happened in the relationship his son had with Laura Kucera, 19. Anderson said he knew Kucera had filed a protection order against his son and that he had spoken with his son about it. “He confirmed to us that it was over,” said Anderson, a farmer in Concord. Kucera had allegedly been ab ducted at gunpoint by Anderson and had been missing since Satur day. She was found alive Tuesday evening lying in a wooded area near Macy, but had been shot sev eral times, her mother said Wednesday. “We don’t know how she sur vived other than she must be very strong,” Mary Kucera said. “She spent 3 1/2 days out exposed.” Laura Kucera was clothed but had no other protection from the elements, Mary Kucera said. Her daughter was in stable condition with multiple gunshot wounds, she said. Laura Kucera was found by po lice and investigators using a he licopter from Marion Health Cen ter in Sioux City, Iowa, took her to that hospital, Mary Kucera said. Her daughter apparently was found where she had been left, she said. Members of the family were at the hospital Wednesday morning until 4:30 a.m., Mary Kucera said. She said her daughter had been slipping in and out of conscious ness. The next days will be difficult for her, her husband, David, and their seven other children, Mary Kucera said. “I don’t know how we’re going to cope,” she said. “It’s going to be a tough haul here.” Brian Anderson, 22, had told authorities that he dropped Kucera off outside a fast-food restaurant in South Sioux City on Saturday and then turned himself in to Dixon County authorities. He was charged in Dixon County Court on Monday with kidnapping, false imprisonment, use of a firearm to commit a felony, and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest, an authority said. Don Anderson said his son had thrown the gun off a bridge some where. Mary Kucera said her daughter and Brian Anderson had a vola tile relationship but it didn’t start out that way. Brian Anderson allegedly had kidnapped her daughter in the past and assaulted her before the latest incident, Mary Kucera said. “I can say she did have a pro tection order against him,” Mary Kucera said. “He threatened her life twice before,” she said. Under the protection order, the family reported any contact or in formation they had on Anderson, but it apparently wasn’t any help, Mary Kucera said. FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan(USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St., Lincoln, NE68588-0448, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a m. and 5 p.m. Monday ihrough Friday. The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Tim Hedegaard, 436 9258. Subscription pnce is $50 for one year. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St.,Lincoln, NE 68588-0448 Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1994 DAILY NEBRASKAN Free Computer 'Classes! The Computing Resource Center is offering free microcomputer classes to UNL students. The classes will feature an introduction to Microsoft Word for the Macintosh. No reservations are required. Seats are available on a first come, first served basis. Introduction to Microsoft Word for Macintosh Wednesday, October 6 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. Andrews 17 Stylish slapstick! \ SCAPiNO w' October^-8 & 11-15 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! CALL 472.2073 THEATRE ARTS & DANCE BOX OFFICE: TEMPLE BUILDING, 12TH4R STREETS UNIVERSITY Of NEIRASKA-UNCOIN Now Playing in Selected Cities. Starts Friday, October 7th at Theatres Everywhere. Deaths tied to religious sect Police discovered 48 people dead id two Swiss towns. The victims are believed to be members of the Cross and Rose sect Ties to other secret societies are befog investigated: Order of the Solar ftmple This group, led by Luc Jourel, advocates stockpiling weapons to prepare for toe end of toe wwdJoufetowned^abuiicfin^ by fire hours before the mass suicide; he had also rented one of toe Swiss chalets where bodies were found Wednesday. Hostcrucians The Cross and Rose embraced some phflOsophy of this centuries-old group. Rosicrucians believe In occult lore, and include a rose and a cross among its symbols. They deny any knowledge of the Cross and Rose. Other cult-related maw deaths People's Temple: Rev. Jim Jones, leader Branch Davidians: David Koresh, leader Jonestown, Guyana, 1977 s JAteco, Twaa, 1993 ; More than 900 deaths More than 85 deaths \ Distant deaths related CHE1RY, Switzerland (AP) — Twenty-one bodies made a neat circle on the floor of a red, mirror-lined chapel hidden beneath the burning farmhouse. Ten had plastic garbage bags tied around their necks with cords, and some had their hands bound. Twenty had bullets in their heads. In three ski chalets 90 miles away, police discovered more bodies, badly burned by fires apparently set by re mote control. Authorities found the 48 bodies on Wednesday, and indications of a mass murder-suicide by a cult they hadn’t known existed. ernes iea 10 canaaa, wnere two bodies were found a day earlier in the charred wreckage of an unexplained arson fire. Police said the owner of the burned duplex, Luc Jouret, led apocalyptic cults in both Canada and Switzerland and had rented one of the ski chalets where the bodies were found. Investigators said the fires in both countries were set off by remote-con trolled electrical devices triggered by a timer or a telephone call. 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