Captive woman rescued after giving UPS driver hostage note, police say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}James Jordan. (Franklin County Sheriff)
A UPS driver helped rescue a woman who was being held captive in her home after she gave him a package with a note telling him to call 911, police in Missouri say.
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The woman answered the door at her house in Franklin County, Fox 2 in St. Louis reported Tuesday. After she gave him the package with the message “Contact 911” written on it, he called police, according to investigators.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The man reported to be holding the woman captive was her husband, KMOV in St. Louis reported. The wife told police he beat and sexually assaulted her, and locked their 3-year-old daughter in her room for 15 hours without any food or water.
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Police sent in a SWAT team once they determined the man was not cooperating and might have had access to guns.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The suspect, James Jordan, 33, has a criminal record, including past charges of assault.
The child was unharmed, according to police. The UPS driver “made a huge difference,” Franklin County Sheriff’s Sgt. T.J. Wild told KMOV.
Jordan has been charged with domestic assault, sodomy, felonious restraint, unlawful use of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. Bond was set at $100,000.