Man holds wife captive.................for 2 years!
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:42 pm
NE - Omaha man holds wife captive in home for two years
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A man has been charged with locking his wife inside their house and holding her captive for two years by threatening to kill her if she stepped outside.
David E. Mitchell Sr., 35, was charged in a warrant Friday with false imprisonment and making terroristic threats. Mitchell, whose last known employment was with an import company, was arrested Friday in Omaha.
The man's 28-year-old wife and her four children - ages 2, 3, 7 and 8 - were taken out of the home by police through a partially opened window June 2, police spokeswoman Sgt. Cathy Cook said.
Cook said apparently the woman's mother discovered her living conditions and urged her to contact authorities. A victim's advocate contacted police after being informed of the situation most likely by the woman's mother, Cook said.
The man allegedly kept the woman inside the house by using locks on the doors that were only accessible from the outside, Cook said. Boards also were nailed across the basement door of the north Omaha home.
Police did not know if there were other means inside the house to restrict the woman's movement. The main floor windows, which were covered by foil, could be partially opened.
The house did not have a phone.
The woman claimed her husband had physically and emotionally abused her, Cook said.
"She was too afraid to leave because the husband had threatened her," she said.
It did not appear the children were under the same restrictions since the older children were allowed to go to school, Cook said.
Police said the woman and her children are in protective custody.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A man has been charged with locking his wife inside their house and holding her captive for two years by threatening to kill her if she stepped outside.
David E. Mitchell Sr., 35, was charged in a warrant Friday with false imprisonment and making terroristic threats. Mitchell, whose last known employment was with an import company, was arrested Friday in Omaha.
The man's 28-year-old wife and her four children - ages 2, 3, 7 and 8 - were taken out of the home by police through a partially opened window June 2, police spokeswoman Sgt. Cathy Cook said.
Cook said apparently the woman's mother discovered her living conditions and urged her to contact authorities. A victim's advocate contacted police after being informed of the situation most likely by the woman's mother, Cook said.
The man allegedly kept the woman inside the house by using locks on the doors that were only accessible from the outside, Cook said. Boards also were nailed across the basement door of the north Omaha home.
Police did not know if there were other means inside the house to restrict the woman's movement. The main floor windows, which were covered by foil, could be partially opened.
The house did not have a phone.
The woman claimed her husband had physically and emotionally abused her, Cook said.
"She was too afraid to leave because the husband had threatened her," she said.
It did not appear the children were under the same restrictions since the older children were allowed to go to school, Cook said.
Police said the woman and her children are in protective custody.