"Three charged after captive flees in Calif." AP February 27, 2015
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Three men were arrested in the case of a woman who reported being held captive and sexually abused for almost two months, authorities said.
Investigators believe Jose Angel Barajas-Mireles masterminded the kidnapping of the 22-year-old woman, who was held against her will in a rural home in Santa Rosa since the holidays, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities initially said she had been held captive for three weeks.
She escaped last week after finding an unlocked door and went to police. The suspects were arrested when they went to the sheriff’s office to retrieve property seized during the investigation, authorities said....
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Better watch it in prison:
"California state prisoners are killed at a rate that is double the national average — and sex offenders account for a disproportionate number of victims, according to an Associated Press analysis of correctional records. Sex offenders are often marked men behind bars because of the nature of their crimes."
