AKRON, Ohio — Akron police are releasing information on an alleged abduction where a woman apparently escaped after being held for several days in an outdoor garage.
On Oct. 16, a 911 caller from Southwest Akron said 33-year-old William Mozingo was in their outdoor garage without their knowing.
"My husband went to go in our garage to get a dolly out and that friend is in our garage right now," said the 911 caller. "Also, there's a female with him and my husband said from what he could see of her — because it was dark in the garage — her face is pretty beat up."
The Akron Police Department reported that 23-year-old Chloe Jones was the injured woman that was in the garage with Mozingo. Jones told officers that Mozingo had held her in the garage against her will for four days, beating her while she was trapped.
"Very significant facial injuries, possibly orbital fractures and things of that nature in the face and around the eyes. Very traumatic," Akron PD spokesman Captain Michael Miller told 3News. "It's a heinous, tragic, unfortunate thing for someone to go through."
Miller says Jones knew Mozingo, but not very well. As officers continued to investigate the details of how the two ended up at this garage together, they sent Jones for medical care and arrested Mozingo.
"It really shows the depravity and the lengths people go through to really harm somebody, especially when they are intent on doing so," Miller said. "Her injuries were pretty significant, and we're fortunate that we were able to intersect that and just prevent that victimization from continuing."
Amongst the complaints filed by police against Mozingo are abduction, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, and felonious assault.