OR - Negasi Zuberi, 29, linked to 4 violent sexual assaults, kidnapped woman kept in makeshift cell in garage, Klamath Falls, 16 July '23 *Arrest*

[dotr]

Prosecutor holds up handcuffs, Taser as double kidnapping trial begins in Oregon

Defense says women’s accounts ‘don’t make sense’ and the sex was consensual.

www.oregonlive.com

''This is the metal screen door that prosecutors say a Washington woman squeezed through to escape a homemade cinder block cell in the garage of Negasi Zuberi's Klamath Falls home in July 2023.U.S. Attorney's Office''

 

[Gemmie]

A 22-year-old Klamath Falls woman described on the witness stand a terrifying 13-hour episode in which she said Negasi Zuberi took her from a downtown bar, drove her to a rural area, fired a Taser gun into her upper rib, handcuffed her and then repeatedly raped her in the back of his white Honda Pilot parked in the garage of his home.
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The Klamath Falls woman testified that Zuberi pistol-whipped her, repeatedly raped her and filmed her on his cellphone for what he called an “insurance” sex video, demanding that she pretend she was having a good time, she said.

Klamath Falls woman debated whether to report rape; once she did, a local cop didn’t follow up, she said

Two months later, her alleged assailant is accused of abducting a Seattle woman and sexually assaulting her.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[Gemmie]

A federal jury Friday quickly returned guilty verdicts on all counts against Negasi Zuberi, finding he had kidnapped two 21-year-old women within two months last year, sexually assaulted them and held them against their will for hours in the garage of his rental home in Klamath Falls.
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After arriving in Klamath Falls, Zuberi locked her in the garage cell, she said. After falling asleep for an hour or so, she awoke, panicked and started yelling for help. She bit off her long acrylic nails and then pounded with her fists on the cell door until she knocked the mesh off and squeezed through a small rectangular slat, and then busted the hinges off another wooden door.

She escaped barefoot through a small door in the garage, jumped a wooden fence and flagged down a motorist, who called 911 just after noon on July 15, 2023.
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The judge set Zuberi’s sentencing for Jan. 16.

Oregon man found guilty of double kidnapping, locking one woman in cinder block cell for hours

The jury issued the verdicts against Negasi Zuberi, 30, after less than four hours of deliberations in federal court in Medford.

www.oregonlive.com

Gemmie here - From pics in the article (I only posted one above) it looks like he went back at least 4 times as he was wearing something different each time he was seen with a cart full of cinder bricks.

And it appears he was planning on making a cell 100' underground. I guess that ended up to much work and he opted to build something in a garage. smh

 

[Lilibet]

Well done Klamath Falls jurors!

 

[dotr]

January 19, 2025

Oregon man who kidnapped a Seattle woman and kept her in a makeshift cell gets life sentence

An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell.

www.aol.com

''An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell.

Negasi Zuberi, 31, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Medford, Portland television station KGW reported.''

 

[almagata]

January 19, 2025

Oregon man who kidnapped a Seattle woman and kept her in a makeshift cell gets life sentence

An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell.

www.aol.com

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''An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell.

Negasi Zuberi, 31, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Medford, Portland television station KGW reported.''

This is great news. Thank you for the update. This guy is a freak and now he cannot hurt anyone else.

 

[Gemmie]

FBI's video of the crime scene and cinderblock cell at the link.

FBI video shows inside the cinderblock cell where Oregon man kidnapped, assaulted woman

Negasi Zuberi was sentenced to life in prison in January after being convicted of kidnapping and assaulting two women, holding one in a cell in his garage.

www.kgw.com