Houston man arrested after he kidnaps, assaults lady he met on relationship app

A person in Houston has been charged for kidnapping and bodily assaulting a lady he met on a relationship app. The lady managed to flee after 5 days of captivity on the accused’s place.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 10, 2023 11:31 IST

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By India Today Web Desk: A 21-year-old man, recognized as Zachary Kent Mills, has been charged with aggravated kidnapping after he held a lady captive for 5 days in Houston. The incident was reported round Christmas when Mills bodily assaulted the lady earlier than she lastly escaped.

The sufferer, who had met the accused on a relationship app, had gone to the latter’s condo advanced on December 24.

Mills picked up the sufferer from her house and drove her to his condo, the place, as per the sufferer’s assertion, he instantly tried to have intercourse along with her.

Upon her denial, Mills bodily assaulted her and didn’t enable her to go away the condo, the sufferer acknowledged in her grievance.

In her assertion to the police, the sufferer mentioned Mills assaulted her, hit her utilizing a closed fist, and bit her on the neck and face.

He even used a screwdriver to hit her, she claimed.

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The accused, as per the sufferer’s assertion, didn’t present her with water or something to eat.

On December 29, the sufferer lastly managed to flee the condo after Mills left for his father’s home.

She suffered extreme bruising to each eyes, chew marks, and cuts to each her throat and nostril, together with different accidents throughout her physique.

Mills was arrested and a bond of $50,000 was set for him.

Further, the accused is not going to be allowed to come back inside 200 ft of the place the sufferer lives, works, or attends college.

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Jan 10, 2023