Online dating gone wrong: Woman found tied in car after meeting man through Craigslist

A 41 year-old man, whose name has not been released yet, is facing multiple charges for reportedly kidnapping a woman he met through Craigslist. Lt. David Kaiser said troopers pulled over the man and heard a woman's voice calling for help.

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - Sure enough, the troopers found a 22-year-old woman in the back seat of the car. She had a bag over her head and a tape over her mouth, while her hands were tied behind her back.

She wasn't seriously injured according to Lt. David Kaiser. He explained that the man posted an ad on Craigslist making known his interest in finding a partner. The man was using a fake profile.

"The young lady answered the ad on Craigslist. She chatted with the person online and agreed to meet him," stated Kaiser. "However, the mistake she made was she met him in a remote, secluded area near his home. She got into his vehicle and once they were moving, she realized this guy looked nothing like the picture that he had sent her. Also, the conversation wasn't anything like it was online."

Kaiser explained, "She was assaulted, she was choked, her arms were zip-tied, duct tape was placed over her mouth, a bag was placed over her head and she was thrown in the back seat of the car."

After the troopers pulled the man over, the woman was then taken to safety and the man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and assault by strangulation.

"What we learned after this, is the lady is actually very fortunate she wasn't further assaulted or killed," Kaiser said. "The man used a fictitious photo, he used a fictitious name and he had a throw-away email account which would make it very difficult for an investigator, had something happened to her, to locate this person."
Kaiser advices that you should see a red flag warning if a person does not want to meet you in a public place.

---

'Help Give every Student and Teacher FREE resources for a world-class Moral Catholic Education'