A victim of abduction has spoken out about the horrific experience of being kidnapped and tortured along with her roommate.
Before being kidnapped from his sofa and abandoned in the Mojave Desert, Michael had a prosperous marijuana shop in California. More over ten years ago,
In October 2012, the 28-year-old and his roommate, Mary Barnes, were removed from their Newport Beach home. They were traumatized, bound, and blinded throughout the encounter.
They were loaded into a vehicle and driven almost 140 kilometers into the desert, with their wrists and ankles shackled with zip ties. During the two-and-a-half-hour drive to the desert,
Michael was tortured and assaulted with a taser and a blowtorch, while the kidnappers assured the lady that she wouldn’t suffer any harm if she cooperated.