Police in Belmopan are investigating a report of kidnapping. The victim is said to be a 23-year-old woman who was held captive for about 8 days by her husband and is his parents. According to reports, the victim was held against her will after she had decided to leave her husband.

When she sought refuge at her parents’ home on October 15, she found no one there and was forced to return. That is where things took a turn for the worst. Her father-in-law, a Guatemalan pastor based in Belmopan, reportedly tied her hands and feet and locked her in a confined space under the stairs. The report states that the woman was assaulted and sexually harassed by the pastor for days.

She starved—surviving only on chips handed to her by the children. She left in her own excrement and was not allowed to shower during her captivity.

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Her nightmare came to an end when police rescued her just before 7 p.m. last night. The twisted trio—her husband, mother-in-law, and pastor, father-in-law—are now in custody, facing charges.

The incident happened on John Saldivar Boulevard in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan.