FINNEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating an alleged kidnapping and have made an arrest.
Just before 6 a.m. Monday, police were dispatched to the north part of Garden City, where they met with a woman who alleged she had been taken by force from her residence and strangled by 33-year-old Jose David Garcia-Escobar, who was known to her, according to a media release.
Officers learned Garcia-Escobar allegedly entered the woman’s residence without permission, pulled her out of the residence, and drove to his home.
Through further investigation, Garcia-Escobar allegedly strangled and sexually assaulted the woman before driving her home. Garcia-Escobar was later located and taken into custody.
Garcia-Escobar is being held in the Finney County Jail on requested charges of Aggravated Burglary, Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery, and Rape.