A Georgia man has been arrested and charged after allegedly kidnapping a South Carolina woman and holding her captive for months while raping and beating her.
Ismael Patricio Aguirre, 22, was arrested Tuesday by Waynesboro police and charged with rape, kidnapping, aggravated assault, battery and false imprisonment. He was denied bail and booked into the Burke County Jail.
Aguirre abducted the woman from her home in Charleston, South Carolina, more than four months ago and kept her in a motel room in Waynesboro, Georgia, according to investigators.
The woman managed to escape after faking a pregnancy to visit a hospital and report Aguirre’s crimes, WRDW-TV reported.
GEORGIA SUSPECT ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO MURDER OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
Ismael Patricio Aguirre
(Waynesboro Police)
Employees at Burke Health in Waynesboro told investigators that Aguirre and the woman arrived at the hospital after a call was placed requesting emergency medical services claiming she was unconscious and pregnant. The woman then told hospital employees that she was not actually pregnant, but that she needed help to escape from Aguirre.
GEORGIA POLICE FOUND AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL SUSPECTED OF BEING A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Waynesboro Police
(Waynesboro Police)
According to a police report, the woman told investigators that she was forced to work, to have sex with Aguirre, and to eat and drink on command. She said that she would “basically be a puppet to her demands”.
The woman said Aguirre threatened to kill her children and her mother if she did not comply with her demands.
Waynesboro Police
(Waynesboro Police)
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She said she faked a pregnancy to end Aguirre’s abuse by beating and strangling her.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
