(Trends Wide) — A man who prosecutors say held a woman captive for four years inside a trailer in Houston has been charged with kidnapping, according to court records.
Abraham Bravo Segura, 42, was arrested Wednesday night and was being held in a Harris County Jail facility on $150,000 bond as of Friday morning, pending a hearing later that day. according to jail records.
In an initial court appearance Thursday, video of the hearing obtained by Trends Wide affiliate KTRK shows a prosecutor explaining the allegations against Segura.
“The defendant had kept the complainant inside a trailer for approximately four years,” the prosecutor said.
Trends Wide has requested comment from the Harris County Public Defender’s Office.
KTRK reports that the victim was able to call for help from a phone inside the mobile home while Segura was at work and told Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies that he pointed a gun at her, threatened to kill her, and she couldn’t escape.
According to KTRK, the fire department had to use power tools to cut the bars on the trailer’s windows to rescue the victim Wednesday after the bolt cutters failed to work on the lock.
