Manion Donna

American kidnap victim, taken hostage by former boyfriend Ernest C. Anthony Jr. on 2/06/1992 after he shot and killed her mother, Brockton, MA. After the shooting, he backed his car over the body of Gertrude Manion and fled the scene with Donna in the car. Donna worked at the telephone company and had lived with Ernest until after New Year of 1992, when she moved back to her parents home. Ernest threatened her and Donna got a restraining order. After Ernest carried out his threats, he fled with Donna in his car. Five days later while out in his car, they were spotted by state troopers when Ernest stopped to make a phone call. When the police closed in, he fled on foot to his dads house, where he barricaded himself. As police and SWAT teams gathered outside, he committed suicide, shooting himself in the mouth 2/12/1992, early AM. Donna was terrified after her ordeal, upset and traumatized but unhurt. Her dad, 60, suffered heart problems following the trauma and was hospitalized. Read less