Oklahoma City police say a man is in jail accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl who ran away from home.
A gas station clerk called 911 after the girl asked her for help.Williams says Jacob Kelley, a regular customer, came in with an underaged girl and she knew something was wrong.Investigators say the girl and Kelley did not know each other and that the girl ran away from home earlier in the day.Police say after that, Kelley and the girl went to the gas station because he wanted to buy meth.
"Kudos to the clerk for recognizing that something was wrong," Oklahoma City Police MSgt. Dillon Quirk said. "Who knows what would have happened to the juvenile if that interference not taken place."Williams rushed the girl into the back room. "She was curled up in the floor crying," Williams said. "I asked her what was going on and she said she was being held against her will.""I told her 'you are safe, no one can get in this room,'" Williams said. "I told her she was OK."
Police say they found a rope tied in a noose on Kelley when they arrested him, minutes after the 911 call was made.We got a message from Williams shortly after our interview and she says the girl came back by to say thank you.
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