A migrant working as a Lyft driver has been convicted of kidnapping and raping a female passenger in Boise, Idaho.
Zkaria Mahmmd Al Majzoub, 44, was found guilty on June 6 of felony charges of rape, forcible penetration by use of foreign object, and first-degree kidnapping, according to the Idaho State Journal.
Prosecutors said that Al Majzoub picked up his victim on August 6 of 2024, drove her to a remote area, then sexually assaulted her. Police were able to apprehend the suspect quickly because the victim had texted friends that she was on the way home in a Lyft car but was gone for “significantly more time” than expected. A friend called police and said she felt “something was wrong” when the victim did not appear at home at the expected time and a location app showed her in a strange location…