A man who Bossier Parish investigators say held a woman against her will for three days and sexually assaulted her is under arrest. The sheriff’s office says 52-year-old Gary Free of Elm Grove held the woman in a cabin at the Red River South Marina before she was able to escape. Lieutenant Matt Gaydos says Free chased her with a handgun.
“Bossier Parish deputies were called and responded to the location. When they got there the fist one there located the female victim and took her to safety, and she was taken to the hospital to be checked out.”
Free jumped in the water at the marina to hide from deputies but was located by a Bossier Sheriff’s Office K-9. Free was eventually taken into custody and the firearm was recovered. Gaydos says Free also approached witnesses at the marina…
“Sometime during the incident he also threatened the witnesses who, in turn became victims.”
After being interviewed by detectives, Free was arrested and booked on numerous charges including second-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape. Gaydos says this wasn’t a random crime.
“It was definitely somebody who was known to him. they were definitely acquainted with each other for sure.”
Free’s bond has been set at $2.1 million.
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