A Texas rapper and actual property dealer has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a pregnant lady and locking her in his storage for years.
Lee Carter, 52 — also referred to as Viper — was formally charged Thursday after Houston police responded to his residence final 12 months on a report of a kidnapping, in response to a grievance obtained by HuffPost. There, officers discovered the girl, who informed them that she had been trapped inside, the doc stated.
The lady informed police that she was kidnapped about 4 or 5 years prior whereas pregnant and panhandling on the road.
According to the grievance, Carter had approached the girl to present her $1 and later returned to ask if she wanted assist, earlier than telling her to get in his automobile. The lady informed officers that she was “vulnerable” and, “against her better judgement,” obtained into his automobile to depart with him.
When the girl arrived at Carter’s residence, she was allegedly locked inside his storage. After that time, Carter repeatedly compelled her to do medication and have intercourse with him, solely feeding her “chips and snacks,” police stated.
The lady informed officers that she by no means noticed anybody inside Carter’s residence however would typically overhear him preventing with different girls. She would sometimes beg Carter to let her go away and made many failed makes an attempt to get out, the grievance stated.
In one occasion, the girl stated that she tried to flee when hearth division and police personnel arrived at Carter’s residence. The lady recalled breaking a window within the storage and crawling out, however “she ended up getting taken to the hospital, where [Carter] … picked her up” to take her again to his residence, the grievance stated.
On April 7, the girl contacted police by means of the communication platform TextNow after Carter allowed her to make use of his laptop computer, in response to the doc.
When police discovered her, she weighed about 70 kilos and said that she had not showered for 2 months. Inside the storage, hearth officers discovered a makeshift rest room that didn’t flush and a mattress coated with recent vomit, in response to the grievance.
It’s unclear whether or not the girl gave start and, if that’s the case, what occurred to the infant.
A neighbor informed officers that Carter as soon as stated he had three girls in his residence and likewise owned different houses the place he “kept women,” the doc stated. The neighbor stated that Carter described the ladies as “ungrateful” as a result of they “want more food and drugs.”
As Viper, Carter is maybe most well-known for the 2008 album “You’ll Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack.” Uploads of his music have obtained hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.
According to company information and the Texas Real Estate Commission, Carter can be an actual property dealer who owns and operates a transferring firm in Houston, registered to the deal with the place he allegedly held the girl.
Need assist? Visit RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s web site.
