A young woman’s Christmas—and her life—was shattered Tuesday when she was kidnapped, raped, robbed and beaten in her own car by three teenagers over the course of five hours, according to police.
"You’ll get sick in the stomach," said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood, before reciting the facts of the case.
Around 11:40 p.m. Christmas night, the 22-year-old victim was in her Jeep Cherokee, waiting for her boyfriend to come out of a nearby bar, when three men—one of whom had a gun—forced their way inside of her vehicle, Chitwood said. They made the woman move to the back seat and drove her around Philadelphia for hours, police said. One by one, the men took turns in the back seat, forcing the victim to perform sex acts, even after she repeatedly vomited on them, according to court documents.
The men hit her on multiple occasions and robbed her of her Coach purse, wallet, car stereo, cell phone, camera, GPS, ruby ring, diamond necklace, bracelet and her insurance-and-registration paperwork, according to police. After going through her belongings, the men realized the victim had a 2-year-old daughter and they threatened her life and the child’s life if she said anything to authorities. They then parked the car at Long Lane near Marshall Road, told the victim they would throw the keys under the car and fled on foot.The woman waited for several minutes, grabbed her keys and drove to her boyfriend's house, and they both went to the police station.
In a bizarre twist, authorities took less than an hour to track down the alleged attackers after police were called to an Upper Darby home to respond to a disturbance. A woman had called 911 saying a teenager staying over at her house with her son was bragging about having a gun. When officers, who knew about the vicious rape, arrived at the home, they discovered four teens—two of whom were the woman’s sons and one of whom, Kevin Jones, said he was a friend of the woman’s sons who stayed at the house so he could illegally attend Upper Darby High School, police said. The fourth teen at the scene, Kewon Matthews, said he was a friend to Jones, according to police.
Inside the house, the observant officers spotted a Coach handbag that matched the one stolen from the rape victim, Chitwood said. After confirming with the woman in the house that the bag was not hers, police opened it and found some of the victim’s stolen items inside. The victim was then brought to the house where she identified Matthews and Jones, both 17, as two of her attackers, Chitwood said. The sons of the woman who owns the house were questioned but not charged with any crimes. After the arrest of Matthews and Jones, police were able to identify the third suspect as Brehon Rawlings, 19, of Yeadon, Chitwood said. Rawlings was found hiding in the bathtub of his home around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.
All three men were charged as adults with kidnapping, rape, robbery and related offenses and are being held on $500,000 bail each. They are scheduled for a preliminary hearing on New Year’s Eve day.
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They should be sent to jail for life !
ReplyDeleteSee their faces, they look like Nigerians. Ibo guys to be precise
ReplyDeleteYou must be sick in your head. People like you should be hanged'
DeleteIf they look like nigerians then one of them must b u.instead of u to dissociate Nigeria with such animosity, when will we stop this unpartriotic behaviour towards our nation-Nigeria.They don't look like Nigerians,they look like themselves.thank u.
DeleteNobody mentioned nigeria o, by our self na im we dey do oourself. Na wah o
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ReplyDeleteThey should by tried in the intercourt as this is not case of juvenile act and be sent to life gaol. Already they look like jailbird.
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Deletenawawo for nigeria.from religious fight to tribal fight.hahahaaaaaaaa
DeleteThere's nothing like ibo guys here. We have robbers in all tribes in naija. Pls mind your comments my dear. For me, the guys should be sentenced to 20years imprisonment.
ReplyDeleteForextrading is like christmas goat u chop don enter ur brain
ReplyDeleteThat is barbaric n gruesome they have to pay dearly
ReplyDeleteAt forextrading or poorestidiot,is this how u want to achiev unity in nigeria.y mentionin a tribe (igbo) bcos of wat hapened n philadelphia.if dea is law nd order in nija,u wil be traced nd u draged to court for makin such an inciting statements.may be u hate igbos bcos they are Gods chosen.pray for ur country u idiot wayo forextradin mad man
ReplyDeleteNigerian police, please take note of the number of hours it took for the american police to solve the case. My fellow nigerians, take note of the method by which the case was solved. Boko haram members, thieves, kidnappers, corrupt people and the lot all have family members, if u are not in support of their vices, y not expose them, family or friends. These people are amongst us, let us all help give the clueless nigerian police the clues to work with. Hopefully, they will work.
ReplyDeletewho is dis idiotic moron dat hv startd blaming igbos in wat happnd else where.forextrading23 u are not well trained at all.nd nigeria eye should nt be publishn ds type of incitn msgs
ReplyDeleteNo mind dat forextrading broke ass. No frustration dey worry am!
ReplyDeleteThat's why I like sharia law,their is no delay in JUSTICE and judgment,the appropriate judgment will be melted.
ReplyDeleteforextrading23
ReplyDeleteOga, must your amateurish comment be tribal? why don't you simply leave ethnic bigotry out of this?
See another idiot again,while some sane and highly cerebrate individual are rejecting mentioning a tribe here,coz we are all Nigerians,another moron is talking about muslims negatively,i guess u dont have any religion,coz u cant tell me u are a christian,the former i know are intelligent people,and they dont comment like this.Moron
ReplyDeleteSee another idiot again,while some sane and highly cerebrate individual are rejecting mentioning a tribe here,coz we are all Nigerians,another moron is talking about muslims negatively,i guess u dont have any religion,coz u cant tell me u are a christian,the former i know are intelligent people,and they dont comment like this.Moron
ReplyDelete@anonymous12:23, See another idiot again,while some sane and highly cerebrate individual are rejecting mentioning a tribe here,coz we are all Nigerians,another moron is talking about muslims negatively,i guess u dont have any religion,coz u cant tell me u are a christian,the former i know are intelligent people,and they dont comment like this.Moron
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ReplyDeleteFrom ur comment, there is no difference between you and forextrading.(Tribalists), God go purnish the two of una
@forextrading I will attribute your comment to your failure in catching magas in year 2012.
ReplyDeleteFores...what? You are very very stupid! Hating the Ibos won't make Ibos not to be who they are- Blessed people! You and your generations ( that has the same view with you) can go and jump into River Niger!
ReplyDeleteforex trading idiot. y not go and embrace electric transformer or high tension to end this ur several years of frustration. this will solve ur problem, i bet u. God punish u
ReplyDeleteWhy must you guess them(culprit) to be igbo, be careful
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha a a!guys de vex o.na wetin bring fight cum this matter again naw?the Nigerians i knw are all on point nt fighting.
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