Months after a grand jury indicted a Missouri man accused of holding a woman captive in his basement, a potential witness that police had been trying to find for months has been found dead.
August 1, 2023, 4:39 PMIn this Nov. 21, 2022, file photo, a law enforcement officer walks by the home of Timothy Haslett in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Haslett has been arrested and charged with rape, kidnapping and aggravated assault after a women said she escaped from his home where she was being held captive.
At a February press conference, Thompson said that authorities were still searching for a potential witness whose whereabouts were unknown at that time. In this Nov. 21, 2022, file photo, the home of Timothy Haslett is shown in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Haslett has been arrested and charged with rape, kidnapping and aggravated assault after a women said she escaped from his home where she was being held captive.
Haslett has been in custody since October 7, 2022, and is currently being held on a $3 million bond. The Clay County Prosecutor's Office said they filed a motion Monday to increase his bond in this case with a request for the motion to be heard at the "earliest opportunity.
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