4/24/23

The man who authorities say was responsible for an October abduction in Shenandoah County is having his case moving on in the courts.

Mitchell Markley Junior appeared last Friday afternoon in general district court for a preliminary hearing and, according to online records, had all five of his felony charges certified to a grand jury.

Among the charges the 39-year-old Markley faces, include abduction by force and grand larceny.

Those charges are in connection with an incident on October 21st when he allegedly abducted 41-year-old April Cline in the 28-hundred block of Fairway Drive in the Basye area.

Markley was finally captured two days later in Rockingham County and  he remains in custody.