WREG News Channel 3 published March 13, 2023: TN man wanted after woman held captive in closet for two months. A man is on the run in Dyersburg, Tennessee after police say he kidnapped a woman and held her captive in a locked closet for two months.
The Sacramento Bee
written by Madeleine List
Tuesday March 14, 2023
A man held a woman captive in a closet for around two months, only letting her out for an hour a day, according to Tennessee police.
Officers found the 40-year-old woman hiding beneath a home under construction at around 1:30 p.m. on March 11, according to the Dyersburg Police Department.
She weighed less than 100 pounds and had cuts on her face, according to the police.
The woman told police that she had been kidnapped by her boyfriend about two months earlier and had just escaped, the post says.
She told officers she had been locked in a closet and was only allowed out for one hour a day, according to police. The closet was in a vacant house.
She was given “very limited” food and not allowed to use the bathroom, police said.
Detectives found the vacant house where she had been held and discovered human waste inside, according to police.
She said she was in a relationship with her accused kidnapper, police said, and he started to abuse her before holding her captive. Detectives are still searching for him.
He is wanted on a charge of aggravated kidnapping, according to police.
Dyersburg is about 75 miles northeast of Memphis.
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WKRN News 2 published March 16, 2023: TN man accused of kidnapping, locking woman in closet arrested. A man accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her captive in a locked closet for months has been arrested, according to the Dyersburg Police Department.
Fox8 News, Cleveland, OH local
written by Autumn Scott
Thursday March 16, 2023
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A man accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her captive in a locked closet for months has been arrested, according to the Dyersburg Police Department.
Police say officers apprehended 30-year-old Brenton Bell on Moss Street in Dyersburg without incident. He is being held pending Dyersburg City Court action.
Police say a man working in the area of Schaffer Street was approached Saturday afternoon by a woman who claimed she had escaped after being kidnapped weeks earlier.
Officers found the woman hiding under a new construction home in the area.
Police say the woman told them Bell forced her to stay in a locked closet at a vacant home for approximately two months and that she was only allowed out of the closet for an hour a day. She also claimed she was given little food and no access to bathroom facilities.
The woman said she was in a relationship with Bell when it became physically abusive and led to her being held captive.
Dyersburg is about 80 miles north of Memphis in Dyer County, Tennessee.
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