Kidnap victim released after decade in captivity

A woman who disappeared in 2004 as a 15-year-old has been found and her alleged abductor arrested

SAPD Mug shot of Isidro Garcia
(Image credit: Santa Ana Police Department)

A man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, false imprisonment and rape after a 25-year-old woman who disappeared in 2004 was freed by Californian authorities.

The victim, who has not been named, was kidnapped ten years ago and held against her will by her mother's former boyfriend Isidro Garcia, the Santa Ana Police Department said in a statement.

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