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Pizza Man Helps Free Kidnapped Woman

A Snellville man was arrested on suspicion of abducting an Atlanta woman and driving her to Sevier County, Tenn., where the alleged victim told authorities she was raped.

Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said 46-year-old David Jansen abducted the 24-year-old woman while she was jogging in her Atlanta neighborhood on Tuesday.

The woman told authorities she was jogging near her home in Atlanta about 11:50 a.m. Tuesday when Jansen, whom she knew, asked her to see his new car. She got into the vehicle, which turned out to be a rental.

Seals said Jansen tied the victim to the seat of a rental car and drove her across state lines to a rental cabin in a remote area.

Authorities said when Jansen ordered a pizza at the cabin, deliveryman Chris Turner saw the victim lying on a couch bound by ropes.


Pizza Man Describes Rescue

The victim mouthed to the deliveryman to call 911. Turner left and alerted authorities to what he had witnessed.

When deputies arrived at the scene, they found the victim still tied up on a couch at the cabin.

The victim told authorities that she had been kidnapped from Atlanta and brought to the cabin and raped. She was transported at a hospital.

David Jansen

Kidnapping suspect David Jansen

Seals said a search warrant was obtained and detectives entered the cabin and searched it. Seals said detectives found evidence at the scene that substantiated the victim’s story.

"We feel like she was in very imminent danger based on what investigators saw and evidence found at the scene," Capt. Jeff McCarter told The Mountain Press newspaper.

Jansen was charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated rape. He was arraigned before a magistrate, and a $800,000 bond was set. Jansen has since bonded out.

Authorities in metro Atlanta are assisting with the case.

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