SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. (TCN) — A 57-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for holding a 74-year-old woman hostage for years and torturing, raping, and threatening her.
The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office announced June 3 that Ian Kroe received a sentence of 394 years to life in prison and was denied probation. Kroe was previously convicted in February of 33 felonies for the repeated rape, torture, and imprisonment of an elderly woman.
At sentencing, the victim reportedly said she “survived beyond all odds.”…