A woman escaped confinement after she was held against her will in a locked closet for two months by a man she previously had a relationship with, Tennessee police said this week.
In a statement Wednesday, the Dyersburg Police Department said they apprehended 30-year-old Brenton Bell four days after they received a report of a kidnapping. Officers said when they responded to the report, they found a woman hiding under a new construction home in the city.
Bell was identified as the suspect and, before being arrested, was wanted for aggravated kidnapping. Police said the woman told them she used to be in a relationship with Bell but that it turned"physically abusive." The victim was taken to a nearby hospital and later released and will be given additional services for victims of domestic violence, according to police.Dyersburg is about 80 miles northeast of Memphis in Dyer County, Tennessee.
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