An 18-year-old is behind bars on "very serious charges" after allegedly raping, robbing and torturing a college student in south Alabama earlier this month.
The Mobile County Sheriff's Office said Elijah Persons knew the woman he is accused of attacking and had planned to meet her in Semmes, which is approximately 20 miles northwest of Mobile, on Tuesday, Oct.
4, according to WALA in Mobile. Investigators said the woman was waiting in her car when a masked man wearing a hoodie and a bandana over his face got into her car and raped her at gunpoint.
The news outlet said "other parts of this crime are unspeakable," which led to the sexual torture charge against Persons. Mugshot of Elijah Persons, 18, who is accused of raping, robbing and sexually torturing a college student in Semmes, Ala. (Mobile County Sheriff's Office) Deputies said the victim called the sheriff's office to report what happened to her and Persons was developed as a "person of interest" during the preliminary investigation.
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