A woman has been rescued after she was kidnapped Friday morning, May 12 at a convenience store in Washington, USA and kept naked for hours in the cab of a U-Haul truck.
The victim was discovered stripped naked and stabbed in each of her fingers with a pocket knife.
The unidentified victim claimed that Bell ‘pushed her into the U-Haul truck and threatened her life if she did not comply with his demands,’ after initially spotting the woman in a Washington D.C. convenience store on Friday morning.
According to authorities she was rescued later Friday night after a police pursuit in Maryland, according to Maryland State Police.
Police said in a statement that officers arrested Dennis Bell, 62, of Lanham, in Prince George’s County, and charged him with more than a dozen criminal offenses including assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment, a sex offense, possession of suspected crack cocaine and driving while impaired.
Authorities said Bell, who police said also faces 19 traffic-related charges, was being detained in jail in Prince George’s County.
Police said the victim, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital for medical treatment.
Police said Bell drove the truck all day with the woman sitting on the floor at the front seat. The woman told police Bell removed her clothing.
She told police she did not know where she was throughout the ordeal.
Authorities were alerted to the incident after troopers from College Park Barrack reportedly received mutliple calls about a U-Haul driving erratically and hitting parked cars in Lanham, Maryland at around 9.45pm, the Daily News reports.
State police said officers located the truck on Route 450 and began a pursuit when the driver refused to stop.
Police said the chase ended at Baltimore Avenue and Elm Street when the vehicle got stuck in a ditch.
Police said Bell refused to get out of the vehicle and officers got in through a passenger side window.
There and then they found the victim and arrested Bell. Police say the suspect will soon be charged to court.
Investigation continues.
