The Brief
- Ian Edard Kroe was sentenced to 394 years to life after being convicted of the repeated rape, torture, and imprisonment of a 74-year-old woman for two years.
- During the two-year ordeal, Kroe emptied the unnamed woman’s bank accounts and refused to let her out of a hotel room, the LA Times reported.
- At the sentencing, the woman said despite all she endured, she “survived beyond all odds.”
BELMONT, Calif. – A man who held an elderly woman as his prisoner for two years throughout multiple states was sentenced to nearly 400 years in prison on Tuesday.
Ian Edard Kroe was denied probation and instead sentenced to 394 years to life after being convicted of the repeated rape, torture, and imprisonment of a 74-year-old woman for two years, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said.
The 57-year-old was arrested in 2022 by Belmont police officers.…