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A lady who had been kidnapped almost a 12 months in the past whereas touring throughout the nation made a dramatic escape from her kidnapper after she concocted a getaway plan to a New Jersey fuel station, authorities stated Friday.
James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, was charged with kidnapping a lady he met in New Mexico final 12 months, touring to New Jersey together with her and assaulting her in a Burlington County house the place they rented a room, in line with an announcement from New Jersey Legal professional Common Matthew J. Platkin.
The proprietor of the fuel station, Bobby Madaan, advised CNN the lady rushed into his enterprise on February 7, and he heard screaming and yelling from his workplace. She ran inside the shop and locked the door behind her.
Madaan stated he noticed a person working behind the lady however when he wasn’t capable of make it into the locked fuel station he turned and left.
“She was shaken up; she was crying,” Madaan stated. “She advised us she’d been kidnapped for round a 12 months.”
Madaan advised CNN the lady had marks on her neck and was sporting shorts and a skinny shirt with none footwear. He stated the lady had advised him she started plotting her escape after she noticed a deadbolt on the fuel station door throughout a earlier go to. He stated she deliberate on getting away from her kidnapper by working to the fuel station and locking herself inside when she had the chance.
Madaan stated a buyer gave the lady a spare pair of his spouse’s footwear, they usually discovered a jacket for her whereas ready for police to reach.
After reassuring the lady she was protected, Madaan stated the 2 known as police. Parrillo was arrested shortly after on February 7, the lawyer basic stated.
Parrillo and the lady had been staying within the rented room for about two weeks earlier than she managed to flee after being assaulted, in line with the assertion. The lady ran from the home with nothing on however shorts and a shirt in 42-degree climate, the lawyer basic stated.
Authorities additionally claimed Parrillo adopted the lady to the fuel station and tried to open the door however left when he discovered it locked.
Authorities stated the sufferer met the suspect, whom she knew as “Brett Parker,” at a fuel station on Interstate 10 in New Mexico someday in February 2022.
At his request, she agreed to provide him a experience to Arizona, authorities stated. The lady stated she was in a voluntary relationship with the person she knew as Parker for a couple of month when he bodily assaulted her whereas the 2 had been in California, at which level she felt unable to depart the connection.
Throughout their time collectively, Parrillo allegedly took away the lady’s telephone, confiscated and utilized her debit playing cards, and remoted her from her household, authorities stated. The pair arrived in New Jersey someday in December.
Platkin known as it a “deeply disturbing case.”
“We’re reaching out to legislation enforcement throughout jurisdictions to determine different individuals who might have extra info on the defendant. Our investigation is ongoing and we’re dedicated to doing the whole lot we will to make sure we deliver justice to this survivor,” Platkin stated.
Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick J. Callahan stated, “the power and bravado of the feminine sufferer who efficiently escaped her assailant is nothing in need of heroic.”
“The allegations of kidnapping and abuse by the hands of the defendant signify a year-long nightmare endured by the sufferer that spanned a number of states throughout the nation finally coming to an finish right here in New Jersey,” Callahan stated.
Parrillo is dealing with fees of first-degree kidnapping, second-degree strangulation and aggravated assault, and third-degree legal restraint, Platkin stated. Parrillo additionally faces a third-degree cost of hindering apprehension, fourth-degree obstruction and refusing to supply a DNA pattern.
Parrillo is being held on the Burlington County Jail pending trial.
CNN has reached out to an lawyer listed for Parrillo and didn’t obtain an instantaneous response.