Woman leaps from balcony to escape kidnapping after horrific cross-country ordeal: officials

A Florida pistillate escaped a terrifying three-week kidnapping ordeal aft allegedly being held captive and driven crossed the state by her ex-boyfriend, yet leaping from a California balcony to prevention her life, authorities said Thursday.

Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced Thursday that 41-year-old Floyd Stuck was arrested connected charges including kidnapping, aggravated stalking, installing a tracking instrumentality without consent and fleeing and eluding instrumentality enforcement aft authorities uncovered what they described arsenic a violent, coast-to-coast abduction that began successful Southwest Florida.

The probe began Tuesday erstwhile the unfortunate contacted the Lee County Sheriff's Office aft discovering that Stuck had allegedly attempted to spot a tracking instrumentality connected her vehicle.

Responding deputies soon uncovered what Marceno described arsenic a months-long nightmare.

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Floyd Stuck was arrested connected charges including kidnapping, aggravated stalking, installing a tracking instrumentality without consent and fleeing and eluding instrumentality enforcement, according to authorities. (Lee County Sheriff's Office)

"This fishy is simply a calculated maniac and a precise unsafe person," Marceno said during a property conference. "Over the past 2 days, our detectives and deputies from the Lee County Sheriff's Office person worked astir the timepiece to extremity the coast-to-coast terrorizing of an guiltless woman."

According to investigators, Stuck convinced the unfortunate to travel him connected what was expected to beryllium a three-day travel to New York to sojourn family. The brace near Lee County connected April 20.

Authorities said Stuck began acting erratically portion driving and informed the unfortunate their plans had changed. He allegedly handed her documents containing accusation astir her household members and threatened to harm them if she failed to comply with his demands.

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Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno provides details of an probe that authorities accidental uncovered a cross-country kidnapping involving a Florida pistillate and her ex-boyfriend. (Lee County Sheriff's Office)

"What was expected to beryllium a three-day formation turned into a three-week agelong nightmare of fearfulness and violence," Marceno said.

Investigators said Stuck confiscated the victim's telephone and wallet earlier driving her done aggregate states, including Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Nevada, portion allegedly threatening to termination her if she attempted to escape.

Authorities besides allege Stuck physically assaulted the unfortunate during the trip, including choking her hard capable to permission injuries.

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Law enforcement officers and K-9 units hunt for Floyd Stuck aft authorities accidental helium fled deputies earlier being taken into custody successful Collier County. (Lee County Sheriff's Office)

"Imagine being kidnapped, sitting adjacent to a convulsive psychopath, wondering if each mile farther from location is wherever you volition beryllium killed," helium said.

The ordeal allegedly escalated aft the brace arrived successful San Diego, wherever investigators accidental Stuck bound the unfortunate with zip ties and duct portion and held a weapon to her throat.

According to authorities, Stuck told the unfortunate she would beryllium dormant by the adjacent morning.

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After 3 days successful captivity, the unfortunate escaped portion Stuck was distracted by a nutrient delivery.

Authorities said the pistillate jumped from a balcony and ran to a neighboring residence, wherever she was capable to interaction police. She was aboriginal taken to a hospital.

"This nightmare our unfortunate endured has nary spot successful society, not conscionable successful Lee County, not anywhere," Marceno said.

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Investigators said Stuck fled the San Diego country earlier constabulary could apprehension him and aboriginal utilized aggregate telephone numbers to proceed harassing the unfortunate portion attempting to person her helium had fled to South America.

The unfortunate yet returned to Lee County successful mid-May.

According to investigators, the lawsuit resurfaced Tuesday aft the victim's location information camera allegedly captured Stuck attempting to spot a tracking instrumentality connected her vehicle.

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"When the unfortunate told deputies what happened, the effect was contiguous with each hands connected deck," Marceno said.

Authorities from aggregate agencies launched an intensive search.

Marceno said deputies spotted Stuck connected Tuesday nighttime successful Bonita Springs, wherever helium allegedly fled a postulation halt and led instrumentality enforcement connected a pursuit earlier abandoning his conveyance successful a parking store and escaping successful a rideshare vehicle.

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Investigators tracked him into neighboring Collier County, wherever helium was yet taken into custody pursuing different conveyance pursuit and ft chase.

"Knowing that Stuck was escaped and susceptible of harming others was not acceptable to us," Marceno said. "We had to find him oregon thrust him retired of hiding."

Marceno described Stuck arsenic 1 of the astir unsafe suspects his bureau has encountered.

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"This sadistic, twisted excuse of a quality being is 1 of the worst," the sheriff said.

Authorities said Stuck has a lengthy transgression past that includes allegations involving equipped robbery, fraud, arson, fleeing instrumentality enforcement and the usage of fake weaponry devices during jewelry store robberies successful Maryland.

Investigators besides said Stuck was retired connected enslaved successful a abstracted Collier County fraud lawsuit involving much than $100,000 and dozens of alleged victims astatine the clip of his arrest.

"There is nary uncertainty successful my caput that everything has continued to escalate and that if we didn't intervene, the results could person been and astir apt would person been homicide," Marceno said.

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The probe remains active, and authorities said further charges could beryllium filed successful aggregate states.

"The world's a amended spot erstwhile he's disconnected the streets," Marceno said.