A Missouri man accused of holding a woman captive in his basement until she escaped last year has been indicted on rape and other counts that could carry more than five life sentences.
Haslett was arrested in October after a woman escaped from his home in Excelsior Springs wearing a metal collar with a padlock on it and went to neighbors for help, police said in court documents.The home where neighbors raised the alarm in Excelsior Springs, Mo.Haslett's public defender said he will plead not guilty at his court appearance Friday.
The woman also said she had been repeatedly raped and whipped but managed to escape when Haslett left to take his child to school, a detective said in the document.
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