EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Authorities continued investigating a suspected kidnapping and sexual assault this weekend in a small Missouri town just northeast of Kansas City that was discovered when a malnourished woman escaped and screamed for help.
Clay County authorities charged a person with rape, kidnapping and assault after the girl ran from his house in Excelsior Springs Friday morning. She was hospitalized in stable condition Friday, and reunited along with her family afterward.
“Once we made contact along with her, it was readily apparent that she had been held against her will for a major time frame,” Excelsior Springs police Lt. Ryan Dowdy said.
The girl told police there could have been two other victims, but authorities haven’t said whether any additional victims have been found. Investigators have continued to go looking the house the girl escaped from, and Excelsior Springs Police Chief Greg Dull asked the general public Saturday to be patient while officers sort through evidence.
Dull said additional charges could possibly be filed depending on the evidence investigators uncover.
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Excelsior Springs is about 30 miles northeast of Kansas City.
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