The woman told officers that she was reportedly forced to stay in a locked closet for about two months.
said in a news release that they were called on Saturday around 1:30 p.m. by the man who said a woman had approached him and told him she had been kidnapped weeks ago and had just escaped., the woman had multiple cuts to her face and weighed less than 100 pounds.
The woman told officers that she was reportedly forced to stay in a locked closet for about two months, reported. She said she was only allowed out of the closet for about an hour a day and wasn’t given much food or access to a restroom.Brenton Bell, 30, was identified by the woman as the man who held her captive,According to investigators, Bell and the woman were in a relationship, but the woman said it turned physically abusive before Bell locked her in the closet.. The victim was treated and has since been released from the hospital.
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