Chilling security camera footage shows the moment a terrified woman jumped out of a moving car to escape a machete-wielding kidnapper, then pleaded with an Oregon homeowner for help.
The 47-year-old victim, whose identity has not been released, was first seen hiding in a stranger’s driveway in Portland around 1:30 a.m. Friday, seconds after escaping from her abductors, according to Ring doorbell video. Obtained According to the KATU show.
She then ran to the stranger’s front door and frantically banged on the door as she saw the suspect’s car parked at the end of the driveway.
“He’s trying to kidnap me,” the woman cried into the 911 phone call.
Seconds later, the man who allegedly abducted her drove away from the house in a car, and the victim watched as he drove away.
Portland Police Bureau report As the victim was walking home, the suspect, La Fete, stopped his car and offered to give the victim a ride, which the victim accepted.
Once the victim got into his car, Fett, 25, allegedly began making sexual comments and groping her, according to KATU.
Police told the outlet that the suspect then parked his car in the restaurant’s parking lot and pulled out a machete.
The victim then attempted to open the door to exit the vehicle, but Fett “accelerated at a high rate of speed and prevented her from exiting the vehicle,” according to the complaint.
According to the Portland Police Bureau, “the victim began to struggle with the male, who was driving the vehicle, and he struck her in the face.”
Fett slowed the car enough for the woman to jump out, but he punched her in the nose before she could run away.
She was then seen running down the road, hiding in driveways and banging on strangers’ doors for help.
Less than an hour later, police found the suspected kidnap victim’s vehicle and pulled it over.
Officers later had the victim identify Fett at the scene of the traffic stop, and the victim identified Fett as the man who sexually assaulted and attempted to kidnap her.
He was subsequently arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Jail.
The woman was treated for “cuts and bruises.”
Phet, who is originally from Thailand, appeared in court on Monday with a Burmese interpreter present.
He was charged with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual abuse, coercion, menacing, fourth-degree assault, reckless driving and reckless conduct endangering another person.
The Thai national has pleaded not guilty to all charges and will remain in the Multnomah County Jail without bail, according to KATU.
According to the media, Fett was arrested in May 2023 after showing up to a family’s home and threatening them with a gun.
Fett reportedly shot at the tires of a family member’s car during an argument last year and was arrested and charged with criminal intimidation and criminal damage.
In April alone, 22 kidnappings were reported in the city of Portland. Kathu.
This figure roughly matches the 26 kidnappings reported in the city in 2023.
