Kidnapped 18-year-old escapes residence after being chained to mattress and raped for weeks

A Texas couple has been charged after they allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old lady, chained her to a mattress inside their residence and raped her for weeks, authorities stated.

Jose Reyes, 31, and Jaqueline Macias, 29, have been nabbed after the alleged sufferer managed to flee their Houston residence through a window Sunday night time earlier than working door-to-door to alert neighbors, native outlet Fox 29 reported.

The distraught lady informed authorities she had met the male suspect at an unidentified location a few month in the past and that he’d satisfied her to return to his residence, Harris County Constable Mark Herman stated.

“The entire script flipped virtually instantly, and she or he was instantly held captive, tied up, and held in a room for about 30 days,” Herman informed a press convention.

“Sooner or later after they mainly began holding her towards her will, they started sexually assaulting her and different issues. Only a very, very evil factor.”

When the teenager realized Reyes and Macias had left their residence Sunday night time, she managed to interrupt freed from her restraints and flee by way of the window, cops stated.

As soon as free, the barefoot sufferer started begging neighbors for assist.

“She was in disarray, confused, as anybody could be, and needed assist,” Herman stated.

Responding officers instantly seen marks on her palms and legs that indicated she had been tied up, in accordance with Herman.

{The teenager} was taken to a close-by hospital for therapy. Her present situation wasn’t instantly identified.

In the meantime, her alleged abductors have been taken into custody once they returned to their residence a short while later, Herman stated.

Reyes and Macias have been each slapped with kidnapping costs, however authorities say extra counts are doable because the probe unfolds.

Investigators are presently attempting to find out extra in regards to the relationship between the sufferer and her alleged attackers and if the woman had been reported lacking.

Throughout a court docket look on Monday, Macias had her bond set at $50,000 whereas Reyes was held on a $100,000 bond.