Kidnapping Timeline: Savannah Childress returns home to NC, accused kidnapper dead Investigators say she was abducted from her home by a man who contacted her online through her school-issued laptop. Credit: Multiple Sources: Childress Family, Police Task Force Savannah Childress, 14, (left) is back home in North Carolina, and William Robert Ice, 38, (right) shot and killed himself after he was found by police in Arkansas. Author: Brian Bennett, Terrence Jefferies (WFMY News 2), Ben Smart Published: 9:44 AM EST February 21, 2021 Updated: 12:28 AM EST February 23, 2021 DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — A 14-year-old girl, Savannah Grace Childress, returned home to North Carolina on Sunday - 10 days after investigators said she was kidnapped from her home by a man who contacted her online through her school-issued laptop, according to multiple law enforcement agencies.