A Houston man locked a woman in his garage for nearly five years and drugged her so she couldn’t escape, according to recent court documents obtained by local news.
Lee Carter, 52, was charged with aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly approached the woman while she was pregnant and pimping in Almeda Genoa and gave her a dollar about five years ago, according to Harris County court documents obtained by FOX 26 Houston.
Carter offered help to the woman, who accepted, and he drove her to her home in the 5200 block of Perry Street in southeast Houston.
Charging documents state that the victim “begged to leave,” but Carter drugged him with cocaine, leaving him “physically unable” to escape from his garage, FOX 26 reported.
The initial complaint was filed in April 2023, when the victim was apparently able to contact police using Carter’s computer.
Houston police officers responded to Carter’s home on April 7 of last year and contacted the woman, who told them Carter had been holding her in her home, sexually assaulting her and drugging her since he kidnapped her four to five years ago.
Lee Carter, 52, locked a woman in his garage for nearly five years and drugged her so she couldn’t escape, according to court documents recently obtained by local news. Houston PD/ FOX 26
He told officers that he once escaped, when he was able to break a window in the garage and climb out.
The woman was hospitalized, but Carter picked her up and took her back to her home and boarded up a window that was installed in her garage so she couldn’t escape again, FOX 26 reported, citing charging documents.
Authorities said the 30-year-old, 5-foot-2-inch woman was “malnourished” and weighed just over 70 pounds. when they contacted him last year.
Carter was charged with aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly approached the woman while she was pregnant and kidnapped her in Almeda Genoa and gave her a dollar about 5 years ago. FOX News
A warrant was filed against Carter in April, but his arrest was not made until Friday, when police conducted a welfare check at his residence after someone reported seeing a TV and hearing dogs barking at the residence.
Police responded to Carter’s address and were able to rescue a dog in the garage where investigators believe Carter held the victim.
The woman was nowhere to be found, according to FOX 26.
Charging documents state that the victim “begged to leave,” but Carter drugged him with cocaine, leaving him “physically unable” to escape from his garage, FOX 26 reported. FOX News
Carter was arrested at a motel and is currently being held in the Harris County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
It is not clear how the suspect was able to evade arrest for about nine months.
Sources tell FOX 26 that Carter is also a local rapper, who goes by the stage name “Viper.”
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