A kidnapping that started in Duluth nearly a decade ago has ended in a federal conviction for an Atlanta man.
Last Thursday, a federal jury found Alfredo Capote guilty of kidnapping a Gwinnett County woman in an abduction that began in 2016. Prosecutors said Capote tied up the woman’s then teenage son, repeatedly sexually assaulted her and drove her across multiple Georgia cities before she finally escaped. The verdict came after a four day trial, and Capote now waits for sentencing in July.
Prosecutors Lay Out Their Case
In a press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia said jurors convicted Capote after hearing evidence that he and an unknown masked accomplice staged a fake robbery at the victim’s Duluth home, tied up her son and then held the woman captive.
The office credited both federal and local agencies with moving the case forward. “While on pretrial release facing serious federal charges, Capote kidnapped and sexually assaulted his then girlfriend repeatedly before she escaped and ran to safety,” U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said in the statement, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
How The Abduction Unfolded
Prosecutors told jurors the ordeal began the night of April 7, 2016, when Capote arrived at the woman’s Duluth home with the masked man, staged the robbery, and bound her teenage son before sexually assaulting her…