A citizen in Brookside, Alabama, dialled police and said he’d just watched a man kidnap a woman at knifepoint. He trailed behind the van and offered descriptions of its whereabouts
A citizen in Brookside, Alabama, dialled police that afternoon and said he’d just watched a man kidnap a woman at knifepoint, forcing her into a white van as she bled from her face and reportedly cried out, “Help, he’s gonna kill me!” The witness trailed behind the van and offered dispatchers a description of its tags and whereabouts, setting off a police chase and climactic arrest of a man who authorities say later admitted to taking the woman against her will.
“We learned the suspect had every intention of killing her if the witness had not shown up when he did,” Brookside Police Chief Mike Jones said in an interview Thursday. “We would never encourage someone to follow a suspect, but that’s one we believe God put there for a reason.” Sanders, who police say has an “extensive” criminal history, faces a litany of charges including kidnapping, attempted murder on a police officer, resisting arrest, reckless endangerment and criminal trespassing, police said. He was also charged with attempting to elude and three counts of second-degree criminal mischief.
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