The sufferer, a 20-year-old girl, was strolling down the road the week of Thanksgiving when the suspect, 36-year-old Michael Barajas, approached her in a automobile, Swanson stated.
The girl was just lately kicked out of her home and Barajas supplied her a bathe, meals, and heat, Swanson added.
The girl was barricaded inside the home as quickly as she stepped inside, with locks on the doorways and home windows screwed shut, Swanson stated.
She was tied to a mattress and locked inside a room the place she was sexually assaulted and trafficked by a number of suspects, Swanson stated.
Barajas advised the sufferer if she did not do all the things he advised her to do, that he would chew her neck and rip out her throat together with his enamel he filed all the way down to factors, Swanson stated.
The sufferer tried to flee on three events. The first time, she ran out of an open door however she was shot at and introduced again to the residence, Swanson stated.
The second time, she ran away and the suspects dragged her again inside, Swanson stated.
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The third time was resulting from a medical emergency. Nurses at Hurley Medical Center recognised the sufferer was being abused they usually contacted GHOST.
That occurred on December 8.
Barajas was arrested that very same day. He was arraigned on December 11.
He has been charged with human trafficking, kidnapping, first-degree legal sexual conduct, possession of methamphetamine, and assault. He is being held on a $245,000 ($365,000) bond.
The case stays below investigation.
