A Houston man locked a woman in his garage for nearly five years and drugged her so she couldn’t escape, according to court documents recently obtained by local news.
Lee Carter, 52, is charged with aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly approached the woman while she was pregnant and panhandling in Almeda Genoa and gave her a dollar about five years ago, according to Harris County court documents obtained by FOX 26 Houston.
Carter offered help to the woman, who accepted, and took her to his home in the 5200 block of Perry Street in southeast Houston.
A charging document states that the victim “begged to leave,” but Carter drugged her with crack cocaine, leaving her “physically unable” to escape from his garage, FOX 26 reported.
An initial complaint was filed in April 2023, when the victim was apparently able to contact police using Carter’s computer.
Houston police officers responded to Carter’s home on April 7 of last year and made contact with the woman, who told them that Carter had been holding her captive in his home, sexually assaulting her and drugging her since he kidnapped her. four or five years ago.
Lee Carter, 52, locked a woman in his garage for nearly five years and drugged her so she couldn’t escape, according to court documents recently obtained by local news. Houston Police/FOX 26
She told officers she escaped once, when she was able to break a garage window and get out.
The woman was hospitalized, but Carter picked her up and took her back to her home and covered the window attached to her garage so she couldn’t escape again, FOX 26 reported, citing charging documents.
Authorities said the approximately 30-year-old, 5-foot-2-inch woman was “malnourished” and weighed just over 70 pounds. when they contacted her last year.
Carter is charged with aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly approached the woman when she was pregnant and panhandling in Almeda Genova and gave her a dollar about 5 years ago. Fox News
A warrant was filed for Carter’s arrest in April, but his arrest did not occur until Friday, when police conducted a welfare check at his residence after someone reported seeing a television on and hearing a dog barking in the room. the residence.
Police responded to Carter’s address and were able to rescue a dog inside the garage that investigators believe Carter used to keep the victim captive.
The woman was nowhere to be found, according to FOX 26.
A charging document states that the victim “begged to leave,” but Carter drugged her with crack cocaine, leaving her “physically unable” to escape from his garage, FOX 26 reported. Fox News
Carter was taken into custody at a motel and is currently being held in the Harris County Jail on $100,000 bail.
It is unclear how the suspect was able to avoid arrest for approximately nine months.
Sources tell FOX 26 that Carter is also a local rapper, who goes by the stage name “Viper.”
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