Two men in Missouri allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old girl, shoving socks into her mouth and tying her up, before raping and murdering the teen with help from a third male, according to court documents.
"Playing with a woman tonight," wrote suspect Kennan Peoples in a text message to co-suspect Donald Peoples Jr. on Nov. 3 in reference to victim Kaniah Jennings, who was kidnapped that evening by Kennan and co-suspect Blake Patrick, according to a probable cause statement .
Jennings was reported missing on Nov. 4 in Pemiscot County. She was last seen the night before in Hayti, according to a police press release .
Kennan Peoples and Patrick are accused of picking Jennings up from her home in Portageville and holding her hostage at a residence Kennan shared with Donald Peoples. Cops say

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