DENVER ( KDVR ) — Denver police have arrested two people in connection to an alleged kidnapping and assault wherein the victim’s finger was amputated by his captors.
According to the Denver Police Department, an adult man arrived at the Denver Police District Station on Oct. 17 to report a kidnapping and aggravated assault. He told police four people he lived with had “held him against his will and assaulted him, including amputating a finger.”
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After two days of captivity, the victim was able to escape and report the incident.
Denver police said officers conducted a welfare check at the location where the victim had been held during the night of Oct. 16, and “investigated to the extent they were able without having full consent or sufficient evidence of a crime” that would allow the officers to obtain a search warrant.
The victim told police that the suspects left the location after the welfare check, which allowed him to escape hours later.