Texas man locked woman in his garage, drugged and assaulted her for years: court docs
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Houston man Lee Carter is charged with aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly held a woman in his garage for nearly five years, according to court documents.
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Carter offered help to the woman, who accepted, and he drove her to his home on the 5200 block of Perry Street in southeast Houston.
A charging document states that the victim "begged to leave," but Carter drugged her with crack cocaine, leaving her "physically unable" to escape his garage, FOX 26 reported.
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