Texas woman kidnapped by Bumble date and repeatedly assaulted for nearly a week after she denied his sexual advances, police say

Harris County, Texas, police have arrested a man suspected of kidnapping a woman he met on the net relationship platform Bumble and holding her in opposition to her will for days. The suspect, Zachary Mills, assaulted the woman a number of instances, at instances with a screwdriver, and denied her meals and water after she refused his sexual advances, courtroom paperwork allege. 

According to courtroom paperwork, the unnamed woman met 21-year-old Mills on Bumble and had agreed to go to his condo in Spring, Texas, on Christmas Eve. Once they arrived at his condo, he instantly tried to have intercourse, she mentioned, and when she denied him, “he immediately began to physically assault her and would not let her leave the residence,” in keeping with a police officer who spoke with the woman.

The legal professional listed for Mills in courtroom information didn’t instantly reply to CBS News’ request for remark. 

She mentioned that he would hit her with a closed fist, and that when his arms obtained drained, “he would grab a screwdriver and would strike her with the handle.” At instances, he additionally bit her neck and face, she mentioned, additional alleging that he wouldn’t enable her to go away and did not let her have meals or water for 5 days. It wasn’t till Dec. 29, when Mills left to go to his father’s home, that she was capable of go away. It was then that she informed what occurred to the primary folks she got here throughout, courtroom information say. 

Police arrived on the scene and the woman was taken to a hospital with “severe bruising to both eyes, bite marks and cuts to both her throat and nose, and severe bruising to majority of her body,” courtroom paperwork say. Police said that she was “sexually assaulted multiple times leading to serious bodily injury.”

Mills was arrested Thursday, Dec. 29, and accused of aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony, and given a $50,000 bond, which has since been paid. As a part of bond circumstances, he has been ordered to avoid the woman alleging the incident, in addition to her household, and should not go inside 200 toes of wherever she lives, works or attends faculty. He can be below GPS monitoring and is below 24/7 home arrest excluding courtroom dates.

CBS News has reached out to Bumble for remark. 

Li Cohen

Li Cohen is a social media producer and trending reporter for CBS News, specializing in social justice points.