TN - Brenton Bell, 30, charged with keeping 40-year old woman locked in closet for 2 months - 3/16/23

[Bishop Black]

Woman locked in closet for 2 months flees her prison; police arrest kidnapping suspect

Police in Dyersburg, Tennessee, have arrested a man who allegedly held a woman captive in a closet for approximately two months with little access to food and a restroom.

www.foxnews.com

A man who allegedly kidnapped a woman and locked her in a closet for approximately two months with little access to food or a restroom has been arrested, police say.

Police in Dyersburg, Tennessee, responded to a domestic complaint Saturday around 1:30 p.m. on Schaffer Street.

The caller told police a 40-year-old woman ran up to a man working in the area, said she was kidnapped and that she had just escaped, FOX13 Memphis reports.

The victim identified Brenton Bell, 30, as her captor, officials said.

 

[NervousNellie]

WTH is happening? the age-old question - Is this occurring more often, or are we just hearing about it more often?