A Houston man locked a girl in his storage for almost 5 years and drugged her so she could not escape, in response to courtroom paperwork just lately obtained by native information.
Lee Carter, 52, is charged with aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly approached the lady when she was pregnant and panhandling in Almeda Genoa and gave her a greenback roughly 5 years in the past, in response to Harris County courtroom paperwork obtained by FOX 26 Houston.
Carter provided assist to the lady, who accepted, and he drove her to his residence on the 5200 block of Perry Road in southeast Houston.
A charging doc states that the sufferer ”begged to depart,” however Carter drugged her with crack cocaine, leaving her ”bodily unable” to flee his storage, FOX 26 reported.
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Lee Carter, 52, is charged with aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly approached the lady when she was pregnant and panhandling in Almeda Genoa and gave her a greenback roughly 5 years in the past. (Houston PD/ FOX 26)
An preliminary criticism was filed in April 2023, when the sufferer was apparently in a position to contact police utilizing Carter’s pc.
Houston law enforcement officials responded to Carter’s residence on April 7 final yr and made contact with the lady, who instructed them Carter had been holding her captive in his residence, sexually assaulting and drugging her since he kidnapped her 4 to 5 years in the past.
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She instructed officers that she escaped as soon as, when she was in a position to break a window within the storage and climb out. The girl was hospitalized, however Carter picked her up and introduced her again to his residence and boarded up the window hooked up to his storage so she couldn’t escape once more, FOX 26 reported, citing the charging paperwork.
Houston law enforcement officials responded to Carter’s residence on April 7 final yr and made contact with the lady, who instructed them Carter had been holding her captive in his residence, sexually assaulting and drugging her since he kidnapped her 4 to 5 years in the past. (Google Maps)
Authorities mentioned the roughly 30-year-old, 5 ft., 2 in. lady was ”malnourished” and weighed simply over 70 lbs. once they made contact together with her final yr.
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A warrant was filed in opposition to Carter in April, however his arrest didn’t come till Friday, when police performed a welfare examine at his residence after somebody reported seeing a TV on and listening to a canine barking on the residence. Police responded to Carter’s tackle and have been in a position to rescue a canine contained in the storage investigators consider Carter used to carry the sufferer captive.
Police responded to Carter’s tackle on Friday and have been in a position to rescue a canine contained in the storage investigators consider Carter used to carry the sufferer captive. (FOX 26)
The girl was nowhere to be discovered, in response to FOX 26.
Carter was detained at a motel and is presently being held in Harris County Jail on $100,000 bond. It’s unclear how the suspect was in a position to keep away from arrest for roughly 9 months.
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Sources instructed FOX 26 that Carter can also be a neighborhood rapper, who goes by the stage identify ”Viper.”