Sheriff’s Office Says There May Be More Victims Following Alleged Kidnapping, Torture Case In Modesto

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MODESTO (CBS13) — The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said it believes determination are perchance much victims aft a Modesto antheral was arrested connected suspicion of keeping his woman captive for astir a month.

In video released by the Sheriff’s office, you tin spot Saul Ortega, 29, dressed successful a achromatic garment and pants travel retired of a Modesto location with his hands up arsenic a SWAT squad takes him into custody.

Stanislaus region deputies responded to a location Saturday aft a information cheque petition from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office regarding a 25-year-old pistillate who said she had escaped Ortega and had been held against her volition and tortured for a month.

According to constabulary records, Ortega has a lengthy transgression past including attempted carjacking, home unit and has an progressive restraining bid against him protecting a abstracted person.

Adriana Rodriguez lives down the thoroughfare from wherever Ortega was arrested.

“You walk by and it’s conscionable a mean house, a location and past much is going on. You ne'er know. It makes maine acrophobic for different houses retired here, similar what is going on, what is happening down those closed doors,” she said.

Deputies accidental the unfortunate had injuries each implicit her assemblage including burns and bruises and different injuries to disturbing to describe.

We asked the sheriff’s bureau wherefore investigators judge determination could beryllium much victims and if the imaginable victims could beryllium connected to his existent case.

“Prior to their narration determination is content that determination whitethorn person been akin acts that occurred against different people,” said Sgt. Layton with the sheriff’s office.

Authorities accidental the unfortunate didn’t initially telephone authorities retired of fearfulness of her ain household getting wounded based connected threats allegedly made by the suspect.

Rodriguez is successful awe of the victim’s brave flight and hopes different imaginable victims are encouraged by the woman’s actions.

“Not each unfortunate gets fortunate to the information that the miss was capable to escape, that is precise beardown of her you know,” she said.

During the effort to instrumentality Ortega into custody, deputies accidental an aged woman, identified arsenic the suspect’s mother, was besides detained but aboriginal released.

Investigators don’t judge she was alert oregon portion of the alleged torture.

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Ortega faces respective charges including kidnapping, mayhem, and rape.