A Texas man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a woman he met on the Bumble dating app on December 24. He is accused of keeping her captive her for five days after she rebuked his sexual advances.
Zachary Kent Mills, 21, from Spring, Texas was arrested and charged with felony aggravated kidnapping after the woman escaped from his apartment.
Court records filed in a Harris County District Court reveal that the woman told police that Mills hit her, punched her, and starved her for five days.
The unidentified woman planned a date with Mills on December 24. Her date, which she arranged on the Bumble app, picked her up at her house, and the two went to his apartment.
When they got to his apartment, Mills tried to have sex with the woman, but she refused. Mills did not take the denial well. He assaulted her and wouldn’t let her leave the apartment.
According to the woman, Mills hit her with a closed fist but eventually got tired and started beating her using a screwdriver handle.
During the five days that Mills held the woman captive, she alleges that she did not receive food or water.
The woman managed to escape when Mills left to go and visit his father. She gathered her clothes and went to a neighboring apartment asking for help.
Responding police said that they found her with both eyes severely bruised, bite marks and cuts to her nose and throat, and most of her body had severe bruising. She identified her kidnapper to the police using his driver’s license photo.
Mark Herman, Harris County Constable, said that investigators determined that the woman was held captive from December 24 until she escaped on December 29. Police took her to the hospital, where she was treated for her injuries.
Police arrested Mills on Friday, December 30, and booked him into the Harris County Jail on Saturday, December 31 on a $50,000 bail. According to Officer Herman, police may bring additional charges against him after an investigation into the incident is completed.
The suspect is currently under house arrest and was instructed to stay away from the woman.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the suspect’s lawyer, Chris Denuna, said that Mills did not have a criminal record and was not considered a flight risk.
Bumble blocked Mills from their platform as soon as they heard the allegations against him, and are cooperating with the police.
