3 men accused of kidnapping, raping woman for weeks in California

3 men accused of kidnapping, raping woman for weeks in California

The woman eventually escaped when she spotted an opportunity to leave the house where she was being held, according to police.

Three men in California have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 22-year-old woman and then sexually assaulting repeatedly until her escape.

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office detectives learned about the woman’s captivity a week ago when the victim managed to escape from her kidnappers who had left the door open, and then ran immediately to find help, according to a San Jose Mercury-News report.

The woman had suffered beatings and rape, and she had the injuries to give evidence to those claims, according to officials. Investigators initially believed she had been in captivity for three weeks, but later decided she had been held for longer than that — since before the holidays.

Police arrested 34-year-old Jose Angel Barajas-Mireles, who is being charged with aggravated sodomy, aggravated oral copulation, and aggravated rape.

Police believe he held the woman captive at his home on Stony Poin Road, and is suspected of being chiefly responsible for kidnapping the woman and for conducting most of the sexual and physical assaults against her, according to the report.

Polie also arrested 52-year-old Jaime Gomez Cisneros and 34-year-old Guillermo Crestino Avina in connection with the incident. They are charged with suspicion of false imprisonment and as accessories to Barajas-Mireles. Authorities believe they acted as guards of the victim and prevented her from leaving.

The three men came to the sheriff’s office to get property that had been taken in a search warrant, and were arrested. They could have additional charges filed against them.

The victim has been placed in a safe location, according to authorities.

Bail was set at $6 million for Barajas-Mireles, and Cisneros and Avina had bails of $11,000 each. They all have arraignments on Friday at 1:30 p.m.

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