School bus driver charged with holding girl captive for 12 years

A Colombian school bus driver allegedly kidnapped a 7-year-old woman and held her captive for greater than a decade till she escaped previous this yr, prosecutors have printed.

The suspect, recognized as Carlos Humberto Grisales Higuita, is now facing charges of straightforward kidnapping, sexual abuse with a minor beneath 14 years of age, sexual acts with a minor beneath 14 years of age and pornography with an individual beneath 18 years of age, in keeping with prosecutors in Medellín, Colombia.

“The person, who labored as a college bus motive force, allegedly detained a 7-year-old woman in early 2012 and took her to a area within the town heart,” prosecutors said in a statement. “He allegedly psychologically manipulated and sexually assaulted her, making her imagine that such habits used to be commonplace.”

Investigators say all over the sufferer’s captivity, her identify used to be modified, she used to be taken to more than a few structures within the towns of Medellín and Bello, and she or he used to be stored out of faculty.

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Carlos Humberto Grisales Higuita is proven following his arrest. (Fiscalía Normal de l. a. Nación Colombia) (Fiscalía Normal de l. a. Nación Colombia)

“When she became 16, she complained to the alleged aggressor in regards to the remedy she won, and in retaliation she used to be allegedly locked up in a area, from which she controlled to flee in February of this yr,” prosecutors stated.

In addition they stated the sufferer had to begin with been reported missing 12 years in the past.

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The sufferer used to be taken to more than a few structures within the town of Medellín, Colombia, proven right here, prosecutors say. (Diego Cupolo/NurPhoto by means of Getty Photographs)

“Grisales Higuita used to be arrested through the Nationwide Police in Medellín,” in keeping with prosecutors. “Throughout the initial hearings he didn’t settle for the fees introduced through the Prosecutor’s Place of work.”