Seatte man kidnapped, placed in trunk escapes after suspects crash his car into a house
Kidnapped bound and beaten man, 63, climbs out of trunk of car after it crashed into his Seattle home and burst into flames: Police believe he was abducted by an 18-year-old man
- A man was seen getting out of a trunk after a car crashed into a home in Seattle.
- Police said a 63-year-old man had been kidnapped, tied up, beaten and placed in the trunk of his own car last week in Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood.
- After crashing into a house, the car caught fire and the driver fled
A man who had been kidnapped, beaten and put in the trunk of a car was seen fleeing the vehicle after the car crashed into a home in Seattle on Thursday.
Witnesses watched in shock and horror as an unidentified 63-year-old man climbed out of the trunk of a car that had been driven by an 18-year-old man who had kidnapped him.
Police arrived at a home in the 7200 block of 27th Avenue NE just after 5 a.m. to investigate the incident, when neighbors shared details of the “absurd” scene they had just witnessed.
‘We heard a cry of ahh, ahh. I think he was trying to yell for help,’ said neighbor Cheng Yu. KING 5 of the man in the trunk.
‘I was pretty beaten up. His face had been cut with a knife and he had been beaten up quite a bit,” said neighbor Raegan McKibbon, who helped the 63-year-old man.
A man who had been kidnapped, beaten and put in the trunk of a car was seen fleeing the vehicle after the car crashed into a home in Seattle on Thursday.
The matter remains under investigation by the Seattle Police Department. No arrests have been made at this time.
This is the car the 63-year-old man was dragged out of after the car crashed last Thursday
Neighbors described the time before police and firefighters arrived as frightening and terrifying.
“I heard a screeching noise and then the most disgusting crunch,” Yu said.
As Yu called 911, owner Brooks Mierow said he worked quickly to get his family to safety.
“I had my kids put on their shoes and coats and get out of the house, I grabbed the dog and then I fired another fire extinguisher at it,” Mierow said.
The extinguisher, he said, helped slow the spread until the Seattle Fire Department could get to the scene.
As they waited, neighbors reported hearing the screams of the man who had been kidnapped and thrown in the trunk of his own vehicle.
“There was a man who was sitting outside, near the trunk of his car, and he was all tied up with a rope and he was yelling ‘help me, help me, I just got kidnapped, call 911.’ McKibbon said.
The neighbor said that as she was helping the man cross the street, she saw two people running down the street and away from the car.
The Seattle Fire Department was able to put out the fire and treat the man for non-life-threatening injuries. He, too, was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
“I’m glad no one was hurt,” Yu said after the fact.
The neighbor also laughed at the details of the incident, saying, “You can’t make this up, it’s so absurd.”
In an interview with KING, Officer Judinna Gulpan of the Seattle Police Department said the matter remains under investigation at this time and no arrests have been made.
In an interview with KING, Officer Judinna Gulpan of the Seattle Police Department said the matter remains under investigation at this time and no arrests have been made.
Gulpan said he did not believe the attack on the 63-year-old was targeted.
Police questioned an 18-year-old suspect who “matched the description” of one of the suspects, but he was later released.
Seattle Police officials request that anyone with information regarding this case contact the Violent Crime Tip Line at 206-233-5000 to provide information.