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THE WEEK, Page 17NATIONReso's Last Days
How an $18.5 million kidnapping was botched from the start
Arthur and Irene Seale saw themselves sharing a chic, moneyed
life-style most couples just read about. But the Seales'
frenzied quest for status ended abruptly with charges of
kidnapping and extortion in the abduction of Exxon International
president Sidney Reso. Now the Seales face a courtroom battle
not only against prosecutors but against each other.
One week after their arrest, Mrs. Seale led investigators
to Reso's decomposing corpse in a shallow grave in New Jersey's
remote Pine Barrens. She had already described how she and her
husband grabbed Reso from his home as he set out for work last
April and stuffed him into a sweltering storage facility. She
also told how Arthur Seale shot Reso in the arm during a
struggle. Autopsy reports have not been made public, but
officials are saying Reso died only four days into his
captivity.
When their federal kidnapping trial begins in September,
Irene Seale will be testifying against her husband, who has
pleaded innocent to all charges.