Woman Kidnapped, Manages To Escape
A woman on her way to work at an area hospital was kidnapped Saturday night and forced to drive to the Spokane Rifle Club at Riverside State Park, said Dick Cottam, Spokane Police Department spokesman.
The woman escaped with only minor physical injuries.
She had stopped at Fourth and Division about 8 p.m. when a man opened her unlocked passenger door, got in, threatened her with a 6-inch knife and told her to drive, Cottam said. He tied a rope around her wrists, then moved it to her neck when the rope hindered her driving.
When the pair reached the rifle club, the man ordered the woman out of the car. He knocked her to the ground, then told her to get back behind the wheel and drive to the 6400 block of North Victor.
At some point, she stopped the car, and the man got out and walked toward the driver’s side. She stamped on the accelerator, fled and called police from a nearby residence, Cottam said.
The woman described the man as black, in his 20s, about 6 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, slender with shoulder-length braids or dreadlocks. He was wearing dark clothing and black gloves and carried a small duffel bag.
The woman told police the man ran east on Woodside before she lost sight of him. A K-9 team was unable to track the man.
, DataTimes