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Bonneville County Prosecutor Randy Neal and the Idaho Falls Police Department (IFPD) have dropped the kidnapping charges against Michael Raine, the BYU-Idaho student accused last month of kidnapping a 1-month-old child from the Idaho Falls Costco. The decision comes after the review of crucial new video evidence.

At a press conference today, December 11, Prosecutor Neal announced he would be filing the motion to dismiss the case.

“There are unquestionably ethical duties of the prosecutor not to go forward on a case that doesn't meet the legal standard," Neal told the press. "The analysis is really 'Is there a rational basis for someone to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that they are to a moral certainty that this was a crime

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