Woman escapes shed after being locked there for weeks by boyfriend, officials say

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) — A man is in jail after allegedly physically and sexually assaulting his girlfriend repeatedly while keeping her locked in a backyard shed for two weeks.

Phoenix police responded to a home on July 2 after getting a 911 call from a woman who told dispatchers that her boyfriend had been assaulting her. The woman also stated that she was kept in a shed but managed to escape and run to a neighbor’s home for help.

When officers arrived, she told them she had recently been evicted and was living in a shed behind her boyfriend’s father’s home…

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