Gwinnett Police Seeking Alleged Rapist, Kidnapper

DULUTH, GA -- Gwinnett County Police are seeking an accused rapist and kidnapper who they say may be armed and is considered extremely dangerous.

Alfredo L. Capote, 29, of Atlanta, is accused of a violent, days-long attack in which he allegedly tied up a teenager and kidnapped the teen's mother, raping her repeatedly after staging a robbery at her home.

Police were called to a Duluth home Friday by a 17-year-old boy who told them that the previous day, Capote -- his mother's boyfriend -- stopped by to visit.

A short time later, a masked man entered the home and tied up the son and his 35-year-old mother.

Capote then told the mother that he was staging a home invasion because he needed her money.

He raped her at gunpoint, police say, then tied her up again. The son was told not to call police or his mother would be killed.

The son was able to free himself hours later. The two suspects left with the mother and went to a hotel in Cobb County, where the suspects parted ways.

The victim spent the night at the hotel with Capote, where police say he held her at gunpoint and raped her again.

Police say Capote and the victim left the hotel the following morning and traveled to a home in Perry, Georgia. After leaving that home, the suspect saw an opportunity to escape and jumped out of a moving vehicle near an intersection.

She jumped into a stranger's vehicle in a parking lot and pleaded for help, police say. Police were called and she was rescued at about 4 p.m. Friday.

Capote, who stands about 5-foot-10 and weighs about 150 pounds, has ties to the Atlanta area and is a native of Louisiana.

Police say he does not have an extensive criminal history, but is considered extremely dangerous because of the nature of his alleged crimes.

"The suspect has made statements about shooting it out with police and this being the end," Gwinnett County Police spokesman Cpl. Deon Washington said in a news release. "This was a brutal and prolonged assault against the victim. We are working with several law enforcement agencies in hopes of apprehending the suspect as soon as possible."

Capote is wanted on charges of rape, armed robbery, false imprisonment and kidnapping.