UPDATE: Kidnappers sent pix of blindfolded victim to his family demanding pounds of marijuana a day before he was found dead, cops say

The 20-year-old grandson of Camden’s city council president was found dead overnight, hours after a man was charged with kidnapping him in what authorities described as a targeted abduction.

Curtis Jenkins III, who had been missing since Sunday, was found dead around 11 p.m. Tuesday on the 1100 block of Liberty Street in Camden, county spokesman Dan Keashen said. Jenkins is the grandson of Camden City Council President Curtis Jenkins Sr.

Before the body was found, police arrested Brandon Beverly, 32, of Westville, on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges in the case, authorities said.

“Based on the information from the investigation thus far, we do not believe this was a random act, but rather a calculated plot to entrap and abduct the victim,” Camden County Police Chief J. Scott Thomson said in a press release Tuesday.

Curtis’ father, Curtis Jenkins Jr., told FOX29.com that his son’s kidnappers called him and sent photos of him son tied up.

Loved ones took to social media to mourn the young man, who used his own Facebook page to advertise his work preparing meals that he would deliver to customers. His family told Fox29 that he was last seen while delivering a meal Sunday.

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According to court records, Beverly has seven criminal convictions on his record since 2008 and was sentenced to jail or prison on all of them. The convictions include drug distribution in 2006, absconding from parole and receiving stolen property in 2009, possession of a handgun in 2011, escaping from detention in 2014 and obstructing justice in 2017.

In the gun possession case, Beverly pulled a gun on an officer and was shot at before surrendering, according to an appellate court ruling. The officer was investigating reports of people in a Camden apartment complex calling cabs and then robbing the drivers, the decision said.

The decision also said he goes by the aliases Terre Stoke and Jerome Bailey.

This case remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the CCPD tip line at (856) 757-7042 or use the StopIt App to contact the CCPD.

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