6 in West Virginia charged with beating, sexually assaulting woman held captive for a week

[militaryspouse]

Source: Herald Tribune

A woman was sexually abused, beaten and humiliated while being held captive in a home in West Virginia for at least a week, sheriff's officials said Monday after making six arrests.

Those arrested, including a mother and son and a mother and daughter, are white. The victim, a Charleston woman who was being treated at a hospital Monday, is black. The FBI plans to investigate it as a possible hate crime.

"The things that were done to this woman are just indescribable," Logan County sheriff's Sgt. Sonya Porter said.

Deputies found the 23-year-old victim Saturday after going to the home in Big Creek, about 35 miles (56.3 kilometers) southwest of Charleston, to investigate an anonymous tip. One of the suspects, Frankie Brewster, was sitting on the front porch and told deputies she was alone, but moments later the victim limped toward the door, her arms outstretched, saying "help me," the sheriff's department said in a news release.

Besides being sexually assaulted, the victim was stabbed four times in the left leg and beaten, Porter said. Both of her eyes were black and blue. Deputies said the woman's wounds were inflicted at least a week ago.

the victim was forced to eat rat and dog feces and drink from the toilet, according to the criminal complaint filed in magistrate court. The woman also was choked with a cable cord and her hair cut, it alleges.


Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/10/america/NA-GEN-US-Woman-Tortured.php

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Terrible!

[soothsayer]

1. an earlier thread here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1780751

[urgk]

2. In other WV news...

Some of us are well-adjusted, sane, law-abiding citizens who would personally throw away the key after they lock that other garbage away for life.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Welcome to DU!

Don't worry, I of all people understand that there are good people in every state, just as there are bad ones.

:hi:

[TheUniverse]

3. I hope they get a decade in prison for everyday they held her captive.

These freaks do not need to be out in society.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. Welcome to DU!

It's good to have you here. :hi:

[malaise]

4. Another WTF moment

Damn! :cry:

[Felinity]

5. Hopefully

We are near the end of time, before things get any worse.

Seriously, I want the personality profile on these "people", and I want to know how to identify their "kind".

[jdlh8894]

6. Just send them to Beverly Hills N?T

[jaksavage]

7. The Racism Party

Controlling US politics for 100 years

end the rule of uptight white men

[Blue_Tires]

8. ttt nt

[ImpeechBush]

9. Disgusting beyond belief

words cannot adequately capture the contempt I feel toward these subhuman mongrel pieces of trash.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Welcome to DU!

Wow, you're the third new poster I've welcomed in this thread alone.

I think I may have just set a record for me.

I agree with what you said above by the way. :thumbsup:

[ImpeechBush]

13. Why thank you!

I've always been impressed with this place. I finally decided to sign up and give it a shot. Thanks for the welcome.

[Judi Lynn]

14. There's an article in the Houston Chronicle, with photos, and a short video

linked very close, under to the headline, and the photo of this young woman. She looks so frail. Thank god someone got a tip to the police before these people would have killed her.

You may remember reading that, among the fiendish tortures, and the sexual assaults, they still had time to cut this young woman's hair off.

You may find the view of a shopping cart filled with beer cans beside the mobile home a charming touch.



Carmen Williams comforts her 20-year-old daughter, Megan Williams, on Monday at Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital in Charleston, W.Va.
Lingbing Hang: The Charleston Gazette

Story at Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5127599.html