CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — On Monday morning, a terrified young man ran across the street from his apartment to Thrifty Hardware & Home Center, begging for help.
What he revealed next left police stunned: he and his mother had been held hostage, where they were beaten repeatedly, threatened with a gun, and trapped with no way to call for help for days.
Police say Johnny J. Turner Jr., 28, who briefly dated the boy’s mother, forced his way into their apartment on Jerome Lane, where he held them hostage and assaulted them for days…