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The woman was
rescued by helicopter earlier this week from the cabin near
Manley Hot Springs, about 500 miles north of the state's largest
city, Anchorage, after emergency officials received a report of
a "seriously ill" woman, police told the Alaska Dispatch News.
According to KTVA-TV, the woman was able to call for help by
sending a message to a friend on Facebook. It was not yet clear
how she was able to access the social media site.
The woman had been held against her will for five weeks and had
a rope tied around her neck that was secured to a ceiling
support beam to prevent her escape, Alaska State Troopers told
the newspaper and KTVA-TV.
The victim said her abductor had tied her hands together and
would use duct tape to bind himself to her at night so she could
not get free, the reports said.
The suspect was being held at a Fairbanks jail, the Dispatch
News said. It was unclear if he had obtained an attorney or how
he intended to plead to charges of kidnapping and assault.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in Los Angeles. Editing by Jane
Merriman)
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