Texas Kidnapping: Woman Chained, Abused for Months

Five arrested in Austin, Texas, after a woman was found chained, half-naked, and abused with BB guns for months. Suspects face aggravated kidnapping and assault charges after victim suffered severe injuries.

The Austin Police Department reacted to a home on the south side of the city around 9 a.m. Oct. 30 after a 911 telephone call was made regarding a female screaming for help and handcuffed to metal exercise equipment in the backyard, according to Austin officials.

911 Call Leads to Rescue

The first -responders promptly tried to free the female, but “due to the conditions of the restrictions,” they had to call in the Austin Fire Department to bring special equipment to puncture the steel.

He additionally supposedly admitted that when he would certainly obtain home from job, he would certainly grab the BB gun from his closet and “chase her around the yard,” revealing that he “f– king hates her,” according to the sworn statement.

The sufferer also stated that the evening prior to being found, her pants slid down and she “got in problem.”She was then shot with a BB gun, cuffed to a backyard stand and left there half-naked over night as “punishment” while temperature levels plunged right into the 40s, the sworn statement revealed.

Details of Abuse Emerge

A half-naked female was supposedly hurt and chained up in the yard of a Texas home for months– causing the arrest of five individuals who purportedly shot and deprived at the defenseless target with BB weapons.

All five suspects were detained and charged with exacerbated kidnapping, exacerbated assault, injury to the senior or handicapped, and unlawful restriction. They are all secured at the Travis Area Prison on $305,000 bail.

Charges Filed Against Suspects

During her captivity, she suffered extensive injuries, consisting of open wounds, extreme swelling of the wrists, loss of cells from her hands and feet, prevalent scarring from BB weapon pellets, and significant face injury.

The victim told private investigators that she had actually been friends with Michelle Garcia, yet specified that “at some time, they [the group] chosen they no more liked her,” and the five chose to maintain her as a hostage, according to a testimony obtained by the Austin American-Statesman.