Kansas City, MO – A Kansas City woman escaped after two days of torture at the hands of a man who had recently been released from an Oklahoma prison, according to the Clinton County, Missouri Sheriff.
James Larson, Jr, 39, has been charged with kidnapping and other felonies and is currently being held on a probation violation. Sheriff Larry Fish said Larson had been released from prison just two weeks prior, and that the woman had met Larson online.
The Sheriff said the woman was being held in a house in Lake Arrowhead, a small community near Lathrop off I-35, about 40 minutes north of Kansas City.
The woman said she'd been beaten with fists, kicked with steel-toe boots, and hit in the head with an ice pick.
Fish said the woman eventually escaped and called 911 from a neighbor's house.
Following a five-hour long standoff, Larson was found hiding inside a false wall inside the house.
Fish said the woman had been severely beaten and tortured for two days. She was taken to a hospital in a critical condition.