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Victims tell details of captivity
Men testify against abduction suspect; Lanphear bound over for trial
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A 23-year-old Grand Rapids man was the first to take the stand during Lanphear's preliminary hearing Thursday in a courtroom half filled with media and family members. Zappen granted a request to have the general public -- about five people -- removed.
Walking home from downtown Wisconsin Rapids the night of July 4 after a friend got sick, the 23-year-old was resting on a curb when Lanphear stopped and asked him if he wanted a ride, the Grand Rapids man testified.
Later, Lanphear pulled over his pickup truck, told his passenger he was a Grand Rapids police officer, then placed handcuffs on the Grand Rapids man, the 23-year-old said. He testified that he remembers one of his hands coming free before Lanphear struck him on the back of the head.
When the 23-year-old awoke, he was facedown on a ladder that was flat on the floor. His wrists, ankles and midsection were chained to the ladder. The 23-year-old said Lanphear then sexually assaulted him.
"I didn't resist because I didn't want to be harmed," the 23-year-old said. "I was struck once already, and I didn't want to have that happen again."
The Grand Rapids man said he was scared and confused during the ordeal.
At one point, Lanphear said he had to go to work, the 23-year-old said. The 23-year-old, who was blindfolded during most of his captivity, felt an object on his face that Lanphear said was a shotgun shell and then what Lanphear said was a shotgun. He heard the shell placed into the weapon, and then a noise that sounded like a .22-caliber gun going off. The 23-year-old said Lanphear did it to prove he was serious.
Lanphear told the 23-year-old if he tried to escape, he wouldn't like the results because a string was tied from the gun to a chain placed around his neck, the alleged victim testified.
The 23-year-old, who lost track of time while he was captive, said he spent much of his captivity chained to rectangular metal pipes on the floor in the basement near a mattress.
Lanphear did take the 23-year-old upstairs for breakfast and fed him scrambled eggs. The first bite was bitter, the Grand Rapids man testified, but subsequent bites tasted better.
Four days after the 23-year-old disappeared, Lanphear released him from his chains. The Grand Rapids man said he sensed a change in Lanphear and asked what was happening. Lanphear responded that police had arrived.
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