by Ranti Joseph

In this age and generation, anything can happen on the social media and advertising platforms, from torture, murder, robbery and also kidnap.

In Michigan State troopers arrested a 41-year-old man who was seen swerving across the road. Apparently the reason for it was a woman he met through Craigslist was tied up in his backseat and she was kicking at him.

It was said that the two met on Craigslist after the man posted an ad seeking a submissive. They chatted online and agreed to meet in person, and that’s when everything went completely sideways for the victim.

“The mistake she made was she met him in a remote, secluded area near his home. She got into his vehicle and once they were moving, she realized this guy looked nothing like the picture that he had sent her. Also, the conversation wasn’t anything like it was online,” Michigan State Police Lieutenant, David Kaiser said.

When she tried to leave, the man allegedly choked her, then bound her arms with zip ties and duct-taped her mouth shut. He put a bag over her head and threw into his backseat, where she fought and yelled for help until cops finally spotted the car.

“What we learned after this, is the lady is actually very fortunate she wasn’t further assaulted or killed. The man used a fictitious photo, he used a fictitious name and he had a throw-away email account which would make it very difficult for an investigator, had something happened to her, to locate this person,” he added.

Police haven’t named the driver, but they confirmed he’s been arrested for kidnapping and assault by strangulation.

The same is similar to what happen in Nigeria also when a woman hired a maid through OLX and it led to her three children abduction.

[h/t Gawker]

Janeth J