Updated at 7:23 p.m., Thursday, April 26, 2007
Arrest made over missing Japanese exchange student
Advertiser Staff
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Police said Kirk Lankford was arrested this afternoon but has not been charged.
Police have not recovered the body of 21-year-old Masumi Watanabe and declined to say why Lankford was arrested. She was last seen April 12.
Police said Watanabe's glasses and blood were found in a truck belonging to Lankford that was impounded last week.
Police said they obtained a search warrant after several witnesses put the truck in the area where Watanabe disappeared. A search of the vehicle revealed the blood and glasses, police said.
