Crime & Safety

Abducted Woman Found Off Waterloo Road: Officials

Carlesha Freeland-Gaither had been taken from Philadelphia Sunday night, police said; she was located Wednesday in Jessup.

A woman whose violent abduction in Philadelphia Sunday was captured on surveillance video has been located in Jessup, officials said Wednesday.

Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, was found in a car with her alleged captor in the 7200 block of Waterloo Road, NBC Washington reported. The address corresponds to the shopping center containing MOM’s Organic Market and Starbucks on Waterloo Road at US 1.

The victim and suspect were in a car at the shopping center when authorities found them, and Freeland-Gaither was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, WJLA reported.

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Her alleged abductor, Delven Barnes, 37, was arrested and taken into custody on attempted murder charges in another case, according to CNN.

The previous charges, which were out of Virginia, involved assault and malicious injury with fire, acid or explosives, CBS DC reported.

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Freeland-Gaither disappeared Sunday night two blocks from her home in Philadelphia, police said. In the days that followed, the FBI and Philadelphia police released surveillance images in an attempt to locate her. One video showed the abduction itself, in which she was dragged down the street before being put into a vehicle.

Authorities said that it did not appear Freeland-Gaither knew her abductor.

License plate information from the suspect vehicle drew police to the Jessup area, the Huffington Post reported, where Barnes was taken into custody.

Screenshot from Philadelphia Police YouTube video of the abduction of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither.

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