2012年8月23日星期四
Missing teenage girl escapes after being held captive by man and his mother in horrific two-year kidnap ordeal where she was beaten, raped and gave birth to her captor's baby
A teenage girl who disappeared more than two years ago escaped this week from a home where she had been held captive, beaten and repeatedly raped.
The seventeen-year-old told police in Washington Park, Illinois that she was raped by her captor, fell pregnant and had a baby during a horrific two-year ordeal.
She was listed as a missing or runaway juvenile on April 6, 2010 in St Louis, Missouri, close to the state line. She was 15 years old when she disappeared.
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Saved: The teenager's baby is carried away by the SWAT team after it was rescued from the home in Illinois
Saved: The teenager's baby is carried away by the SWAT team after it was rescued from the home in Illinois
Captivity: Local children look on as SWAT teams swarm the home in Washington Park, Illinois, next to a Mobil garage, where girl was held for two years and repeatedly raped
Captivity: Local children look on as SWAT teams swarm the home in Washington Park, Illinois, next to a Mobil garage, where girl was held for two years and repeatedly raped
The girl escaped from the home, which sits on the corner of a block next to a gas station, earlier this week and went to police saying her child was still in the house.
A heavily-armed SWAT team wearing helmets and body armor swarmed the home on Thursday afternoon at 5.30pm with their assault rifles drawn. They recovered the child and arrested a 24-year-old man
One of the officers carried the child - apparently unharmed - in his arms with a white sheet draped over the child's head to conceal the toddler's identity. The child was taken away in a waiting ambulance.
Washington Park Police Chief David Clark said it appeared the man's mother assisted in the horrendous crime.
She was also taken into custody. Police would not identify either of them by name because they had not been charged as of Thursday evening.
A boy, aged 16, was also removed from the home in his school uniform, according to BND.com.
The teenager and the toddler were later turned over to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
Rescue: A baby was taken from the home in Washington Park, Illinois where his mother had been held captive
Rescue: A baby was taken from the home in Washington Park, Illinois where his mother had been held captive
Disappearance: The girl has been described as missing or a runaway by police since 2010
Disappearance: The girl has been described as missing or a runaway by police since 2010
The teenage girl told police she was held against her will and was beaten and sexually assaulted almost every day. It is not known how she came into contact with her captors.
She reported trying to escape several times but told police that her captor chased her down each time and forced her back to the home at gunpoint.
She told police she was able to escape this week with the help of a relative.
Police said the teen also told them she was forced by the man and his mother to give a false name in medical records during her pregnancy and when the child was born.
A neighbor, Lakeitha Smith, told several local TV stations that she saw the girl from time to time outside the house and never witnessed anything that would raise concern.
'I used to see her come out of the house, back and forth,' Smith said. 'I didn't think she was being held hostage in the house.'
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