Thread: Woman chained by IA rescued after writing 911 on window

Chained Woman Rescued After Writing 'Call 911' on Window
Wednesday, 12 Dec 2007

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -- By DAN BISCHOFF
Associated Press Writer

A woman who was chained to an engine block inside her apartment for more than a week scratched "Call 911" through the condensation of a window, catching the attention of a neighbor who helped free her.

"She wrote it in reverse," said West Valley police Capt. Tom McLachlan.

Police arrested the woman's boyfriend, Fernando Orozco-Trevizo, who they say chained her ankle to a V6 engine and locked her door with a dead bolt while he was away. The windows also were screwed shut.

"Obviously they had some kind of relationship going where it went south," McLachlan said Wednesday.

McLachlan said the woman, in her early 30s, was unchained while Orozco-Trevizo was around.

The chain was long enough for her to use a bathroom and get food and water.

Last Friday, she had enough of her confinement and made a stand.

When Orozco-Trevizo unshackled her, "she went into the back bedroom and barricaded her doors with furniture and wrote 'Call 911' on the rear window," McLachlan said.

That window could be seen from a trailer park, where Peter Erkelens took notice.

"He walked by and saw the writing," McLachlan said. "Rather than blowing it off, he took the time to research it and he called 911. He's the hero in this whole deal. He ended it. Were it not for him, she'd still be in this situation."

The woman was found with bruises, he said.

McLachlan said the suspect eventually broke into the bedroom, but turned around when he saw her message and left the apartment.

Police caught up with Orozco-Trevizo at a construction site and arrested him for kidnapping, aggravated assault, domestic violence and criminal mischief.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents put a hold on Orozco-Trevizo as an illegal immigrant who had been deported and returned to this country
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What would Jay Leno say about this?
So many one liners come to mind