Ohio woman held captive, beaten with baseball bat after accepting ride home, police say

AKRON, Ohio — Akron Police rescued a woman who had been kidnapped and held in a garage for four days.

23-year-old Chloe Jones was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, Cleveland 19 reported.

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33-year-old William Mozingo offered Jones a ride home, but instead took her to a garage and held her captive for four days, according to investigators.

Jones said she was abused non-stop by Mozingo who beat her with a baseball bat and taunted her with the idea of never seeing her child again, Fox 8 reported.

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Jones told Fox 8 reporters that her son was the thing that kept her alive.

“I thought about him every day. I just saw his face in my head every day,” Jones said.

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On Monday, Oct. 16, residents called police and told Akron Police that they had discovered Mozingo and Jones in their shed, News 5 Cleveland reported.

Mozingo was arrested and charged with kidnapping, among other charges. Fox 8 reported that Mozingo had been charged and convicted of three other kidnappings.

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