Although State Police are not releasing the victim's name, an East Haddam resident was allegedly kidnapped from her home at gunpoint by someone she was familiar with, then transported to the Norwich area where she was able to escape from her captor by climbing through a restaurant drive-through window.
Ryan Blessing of the Norwich Bulletin reports:
NORWICH - State police say an East Haddam woman escaped from an accused kidnapper Friday night by climbing through the drive-through window of a Burger King on Salem Turnpike.
Police also said the man charged with her kidnapping then gave chase to a vehicle and brandished a handgun at two people in the car, where he thought the victim had fled.
The incident began at about 9:50 p.m., when state and Norwich police received 911 calls for reports of a man with a gun and a woman claiming to have been kidnapped. Police responded to the Burger King at 21 Salem Turnpike.
There, police found the female victim, who said an acquaintance of hers, Davendra Persaud, 30, of Lynbrook, N.Y., kicked in the door to her home and brandished a handgun. Persaud then made the woman walk to his vehicle, which was about one-tenth of a mile from her house, police said.
Police said Persaud then drove to the Burger King and that, while waiting in the drive-through line, the victim exited Persaud’s vehicle and ran to the vehicle in front of it in the line.
Persaud exited his vehicle and tried to catch the victim, who police said ultimately climbed into the drive-through window to escape.
For the full article, visit the Norwich Bulletin: "Police: Woman escaped gunman through BK drive-through window"
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