According to reports, Timothy Haslett Jr., 39, was arrested in Missouri on Friday and charged with raping a black woman. The Kansas City Police Department had written off rumors that a serial killer was targeting Black women in the area. The woman who escaped Haslett's home was wearing a latex dress, a metal dog collar, and duct tape around her neck, begging for help. NBC News reported. You can read more. Lisa Johnson, 41, who has lived in Excelsior Springs her whole life, said she was getting ready for work around 7:35 a.m. Friday when she heard a faint “help me” from outside her front door, which was open. Johnson said she spoke with the young woman, who told her she was being held against her will. “She looked straight at me and said ‘help,’” Johnson said at her home Wednesday, adding that when she told the woman she was going to call the police, she begged her not to. “Please don’t. If you call the cops, he’s going to kill us both,” the woman said, Johnson recounted. The woman said she escaped when Haslett took his son to school. Her hair was matted and she was very thin. The Kansas City Defender reported that Bishop Tony Caldwell was one of many who made reports of murdered and missing Black women. These reports were discredited by the police. The police department made a statement after the arrest. The description of the guy we were talking about was the location we said they were going to take them from. That is what we were saying. I am sorry that it took so long, but I am grateful that she was able to get out. I'm sorry people didn't act on it sooner, and it's sad that the other young ladies didn't make it. It's really bad.
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