Kidnapper pretended to be an Uber driver and stole a passenger in Arizona

A woman who was kidnapped by a man posing as an Uber driver was rescued on August 23 after she handed a note to a customer at a gas station in northwest Arizona asking for help. The edition told in more detail The Washington Post.

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According to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, the woman was abducted from a car dealership in the Phoenix (Arizona) area on August 22 in the morning by 41-year-old Jacob Wilhoit. The woman's mother reported her disappearance on the same day. The missing person's report lists Wilhoite as a possible abductor.

"It was definitely a targeted kidnapping," sheriff's office spokeswoman Christine Green said.

According to her, the police figured out how Wilhoit knew when the victim requested a ride, but said that law enforcement officers did not disclose more details about this.

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According to Green, the woman was "incredibly traumatized" by the ordeal "to the point where she couldn't give a full interview."

“But in her first comments after she was rescued, she said that she was taken by force and that she went with him in a non-consensual way,” Greene added.

Wilhoit donned a wig, pretended to be an Uber driver, and came to collect his victim. He later tied her up.

On the evening of August 22, at a gas station, a woman handed over a note asking for help to another customer at a Chevron gas station in Seligman, Arizona.

“Help,” the note said. — Call 911. Blue Honda van. I’m going to Kingman and Las Vegas.”

The woman's name was not released by the police.

The sheriff's office said Wilhoit held the woman and drove her to Las Vegas, where they spent the night in Lake Mead Park.

After receiving the note, the gas station customer called the local police and reported that the van in which Wilhoit was traveling had traveled west on I-40. The witness was able to describe the clothes the woman and the abductor were wearing.

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The sheriff's office said law enforcement found the couple without incident, and several firearms lay in plain sight in the suspects' car. Wilhoite was arrested on charges that included stalking, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and kidnapping.

The detainee was taken to the Yavapai County Detention Center. It's unclear if Wilhoit has hired a lawyer, and a trial date has yet to be set.

"The victim's unusual actions in handing over the note, the client's willingness to help, and the swift action taken by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office and the Arizona Department of Public Safety saved the victim from the kidnapper and allowed her to return home to her family," police wrote in a Facebook post.

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