LACEY, Wash. — A 42-year-old woman reported missing from Lacey has been found after it was believed she was kidnapped by her estranged husband Sunday afternoon.
Lacey police were called to the 3800 block of Rossberg Street Southeast around 1 p.m. on Sunday to an "unknown trouble call," according to the Lacey Police Department (LPD). Dispatch advised officers they could hear muffled screaming and sounds of a struggle on the call.
When officers arrived, the garage door of the home was open and no one was there, according to LPD. Shortly after, the children of the resident, who was the missing woman, returned home and said their mother and father had both been there when they left.
Officers located duct tape in the house they believed was used on the victim. The woman had a domestic violence protection order against her estranged husband, according to LPD.
An Endangered Missing Persons Alert was issued by the Washington State Patrol on Sunday on behalf of LPD.
The alert said the woman’s estranged husband took her by force in violation of a protection order, and police were concerned for the woman’s safety.
LPD canvassed the neighborhood and recovered several security videos from residents showing the woman's husband pulling his van into the garage of the home, shutting the garage door briefly and then leaving just before officers arrived.
Around 12:52 a.m. Monday night, a resident of Stedman Road Southeast woke up to the sound of the woman pounding on their door asking for help. She said her husband was trying to kill her.
The woman later told LPD detectives her husband had kidnapped her from her home and driven her into the woods. She was able to escape and she walked 20-30 minutes through the woods until she spotted the home.
She was taken to a hospital for treatment of her injuries, which were non-life-threatening.
At 7:38 a.m. later that morning, a resident walking on a trail found the suspect's vehicle approximately 200 yards off of Stedman Road in the woods. Thurston County deputies and LPD officers responded to the area and took the suspect into custody just after 8 a.m.
The man will be booked on multiple felony domestic violence charges once he is medically cleared.
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