Missouri police officers have faced criticism from some members of the community after they were accused of dismissing claims about the abduction of Black women weeks before a woman made a dramatic escape from a basement she was being held captive in.
October 17, 2022, 8:26 PMIn this screen grab taken from video, the house of Timothy Haslett is shown cordoned off with police tape in Excelsior Springs, Mo., on Oct. 7, 2022.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri, resident Timothy M. Haslett, 39, was arrested on Oct. 7 after a woman escaped his home, according to a probable cause affidavit for the arrest.MORE: Woman abducted at knifepoint jumps out of moving car to escape man she stopped to help, police say After the 22-year-old woman fled, she showed up at the front door of a neighbor's home wearing lingerie, a metal collar with a padlock and duct tape around her neck, according to the court document.
"It was readily apparent that she had been held against her will for a significant period of time," Excelsior Springs Police Lt. Ryan Dowdy told reporters during a news conference on Oct. 7, according to ABC News Kansas City affiliateTimothy Haslett is shown in this booking photo released by the Excelsior Springs Police Department on Oct 7, 2022.
She was only able to escape when Haslett left to take his child to school, the woman said, according to the court document. She was treated at the hospital and released on Oct. 7, Excelsior Chief of Police Greg Dull told ABC News last week.
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