A North Carolina man is behind bars for the rape of a woman he held captive for nearly five months, state law enforcement allege.
Winston Eccleston, 26, stands accused of myriad crimes including forcible rape, kidnapping, and various firearms offenses, court records in Buncombe and Haywood counties show.
Before speaking with law enforcement in late May, the alleged victim had last been seen in January, according to a search warrant in the case obtained by Law&Crime. On the winter day of her disappearance, the woman accepted a ride from a man she met walking in Asheville…