From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
ALEXANDRIA, La. — An Alabama man is in custody in Louisiana after police say he held a Florida teen captive in a motel room.
Jonathan Andrew Gibson, of Lillian, Alabama, is jailed without bond in Alexandria, Louisiana, and charged with kidnapping and rape, according to media reports.
On Wednesday, authorities received a tip that a girl was being held against her will by a man who threatened to kill her if police intervened. A police statement said that the man was accompanied by his female cousin and a small child.
Gibson, 30, was arrested without incident after authorities located the motel room.
Police discovered that the victim had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by Gibson.
No other information has been released. The cousin’s identity has not been revealed.