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Missing Utah college student, 19, is found alive, naked and covered in coal in a basement, five days after she was seen leaving her dorm – Suspect Brent Brown, 39, is charged with aggravated kidnapping

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;645959"><strong>Security cameras captured <strong>Madlyn &&num;8216&semi;Maddie&&num;8217&semi; Allen leaving her dorm at <strong>Snow College&comma; Utah on<&sol;strong> the night of Dec&period; 13<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;645959"><strong>Her roommate reported her missing the next morning <strong>when she did not return to the college dorm&comma; in Ephraim&comma; Utah<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;645959"><strong>She was rescued from the basement of a 39-year-old man who she&&num;8217&semi;d met online&comma; on Dec 18<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;645959"><strong>On Saturday she was found alive in the basement of Brent brown&&num;8217&semi;s home in <strong>Loa&comma; Utah&comma;<&sol;strong> 87 miles away&comma; five days after she was seen leaving her dorm <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;645959"><strong>19-year-old Maddie&comma; was found naked and covered in coal in Brown&&num;8217&semi;s basement&comma; after he told cops that he was home alone <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;645959"><strong>The pair allegedly&comma; met in a slave domination chatroom on KIK messaging app and Allen agreed to have Brown pick her up in Ephraim <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;645959"><strong>Allen said on getting to his home Brown tied her up&comma; took away her phone and threatened to come after her family if she were to leave <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;645959"><strong><strong>Brown faces charges of obstruction of justice&comma; aggravated kidnapping&comma; rape and object rape<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Madlyn-Allen-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-397750" width&equals;"816" height&equals;"1095"&sol;><figcaption> <strong>Madelyn Allen&comma; a student at Snow College in Utah&comma; was rescued from the Loa&comma; Utah&comma; home of her alleged kidnapper&comma; Brent Brown&comma; 39&comma; on Saturday&comma; after a five-day search <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A Utah college student who went missing after leaving her dorm room a week ago to meet a man from an online fetish chatroom&comma; was rescued by the police from the home of her alleged kidnapper&comma; where she was found naked and covered in coal in the basement&period; <br>Law enforcement officials arrested 39-year-old Brent Brown in connection with the disappearance of Madelyn &&num;8216&semi;Maddie&&num;8217&semi; Allen&comma; a 19-year-old Snow College student from Ephraim&period; He now faces charges of obstruction of justice&comma; aggravated kidnaping&comma; rape and object rape&period;  <br>According to a probable cause affidavit&comma; Brown took away Allen&&num;8217&semi;s wallet and phone&comma; and tied her up while he was at work&comma; later claiming that it was part of kidnapping role-play&period; Moment long line truckers &&num;8216&semi;boycott&&num;8217&semi; Colorado over the state&&num;8217&semi;s 110-year sentence for driver who caused fatal accident&colon; Petition to grant clemency attracts 4MILLION signatures&comma; and other top stories from December 20&comma; 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Brent-Brown-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-397781" width&equals;"766" height&equals;"848"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Brent Brown was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Madelyn Allen&comma; a 19-year-old Snow College student from Ephraim&period; He now faces charges of obstruction of justice&comma; aggravated kidnaping&comma; rape and object rape <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>During a press conference on Saturday night&comma; Maddie Allen&&num;8217&semi;s overjoyed parents recounted how they fell to their knees after getting a call from the police&comma; telling them their daughter has been found alive&period;  <br>The teen met 39-year-old Brown in a group chat on the messaging app KIK and agreed to have him pick her up in Ephraim on December 13&comma; the affidavit stated&period; <br>Snow College security video showed Allen leaving her dormitory after 9&period;20pm last Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Madlyn-Allen-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Madlyn-Allen-1&period;jpg" width&equals;"833" height&equals;"520"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Madelyn Allen vanished after she last seen leaving Snow College &lbrack;image&rsqb;&comma; on Dec&period; 13<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Madelyn Allen&comma; a student at Snow College in Utah&comma; was rescued from the Loa&comma; Utah&comma; home of her alleged kidnapper&comma; Brent Brown&comma; 39&comma; on Saturday&comma; after a five-day search&period; <br>When Allen failed to return home the next morning&comma; her roommates filed a missing person reported&comma; reported <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sltrib&period;com&sol;news&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;19&sol;police-arrest-wayne&sol;">The Salt Lake City Tribune&period;<&sol;a><br>Investigators learned that Allen has been struggling with depression and anxiety&comma; and that she used dating apps&period; A search of her phone records revealed text message exchanges of a violent sexual nature&comma; according to the affidavit&period; <br>While police were looking for Allen&comma; she was at Brown&&num;8217&semi;s home in Loa&comma; nearly 90 miles away&comma; where&comma; according to the court records&comma; the relationship between the college student and her date became nonconsensual and violent&period;<br>The affidavit stated that Brown took away Allen&&num;8217&semi;s Phone&comma; allowing her only to text her family the words &&num;8216&semi;I love you&excl;&&num;8217&semi; on December 14 &&num;8211&semi; a message that alarmed her parents and siblings&comma; prompting them to go to the authorities&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'347' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;vpiPX0QA&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption><strong>Snow College security video captured Allen leaving her dorm on the night of December 13<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Madlyn-Allen-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Madlyn-Allen-3&period;jpg" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"476"&sol;><figcaption><strong>After the pair met online&comma; Allen was said to have arranged for Brown to pick her up in Ephraim&comma; Utah after walking out of her college dorm on the night of Dec 13<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Brown allegedly tied up Allen while he was at work&comma; took away her wallet and threatened to &&num;8216&semi;come after her family and sister&&num;8217&semi; if she were to tell anyone about him&period; <br>After Brown learned that police were looking for Maddie Allen&comma; he threw away her phone&comma; but not before the authorities were able to use cellphone tower data associated with her December 14 text message to track her to Loa&period; <br>As police officers were scouring the small town of 500 inhabitants&comma; according to the affidavit&comma; they spotted a petite woman with blonde her in the basement of a home on Main Street&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Authorities-in-Loa-Utah-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-397778" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"515"&sol;><figcaption> <strong>Authorities in Loa Utah&comma; announced the news of Allen&&num;8217&semi;s rescue during a press conference on Saturday night <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Jonathan-Allen-and-Taunya-Allen-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-397765" width&equals;"823" height&equals;"804"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Relieved parents&comma; Jonathan and Taunya Allen&comma; expressed their gratitude and joy after being reunited with their daughter   <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Court documents allege that Allen met Brown on the messaging app KIK and arranged for him to pick her up on December 13&period; Brown allegedly took the teen to him home&comma; where he tied her up and took away her personal belongings&period; <br>During the search&comma; law enforcement arrived at a home on Main Street&period; As they approached the house&comma; they observed through a basement window&comma; a person with light-colored hair and a small build in the basement of the house&period;<br>When investigators knocked on the door&comma; inquiring about Allen&comma; a 39-year-old male &&num;8211&semi; later identified as Brown &&num;8211&semi; who answered the door and told them he was alone in the house&period; The man would not let them in without his parents&&num;8217&semi; permission&comma; the documents stated&period;<br>Cops executed a search warrant against the home on Saturday&comma; where they located a Snow College identification card belonging to the missing student&period; Brown was detained by officers after finding the Snow College ID&period; <br>A gun was located in an open suitcase that contained clothes that appear to belong to her as well&period;<br>He was in possession of three knives upon officers searching him&period;<br>Officers located the missing woman alive&comma; in what is described as a coal storage area of the residence&period; She was completely covered in coal&period; Brown was arrested but said he would agree to speak about the incident&period;<br>Brown in his police interview stated that he saw a news report that his hostage was reported missing&comma; he then proceeded to dispose of her phone in a trash can at a local store and told the victim he sent the phone to Arizona&period;<br>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Madlyn-Allen-7-1024x655&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-397771"&sol;><figcaption> <strong>Suspect Brent Brown allegedly took the teen to him home&comma; where he tied her up and took away her personal belongings <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><br>The kidnap victim told police Brown kept her at his home for five days and that he had her wallet with personal information about her and her family&comma; including an address&comma; adding that Brown threatened to harm her family and sister if she left or reported him&period;<br>By December 14 Maddie said&comma; she realized the situation she was in and began worrying she would not be able to leave&period;<br>The affidavit stated that police officers found Brown to be in possession of a gun and three knives&comma; reported <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;gephardtdaily&period;com&sol;local&sol;suspect-faces-multiple-felony-charges-in-snow-college-students-disappearance&sol;">Gephardt Daily&period; <&sol;a><br>Under questioning&comma; Brown allegedly admitted to meeting Allen in a slave domination fetish group on KIK&comma; and picking her up on December 13&comma; reported <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;abc4&period;com&sol;news&sol;graphic-snow-college-student-found-alive-new-details-released-in-her-disappearance&sol;">ABC4<&sol;a>&period; <br>Brown also reportedly said that he took away Allen&&num;8217&semi;s phone&comma; kept her tied up to prevent her from leaving and threatening her family&comma; but he claimed it was all part of their sexual role play involving a kidnapping scenario&comma; according to<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ksltv&period;com&sol;479532&sol;police-documents-reveal-what-happened-to-madelyn-allen-while-she-was-missing&sol;"> KSL-TV&period; <&sol;a> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Brent-Browns-home-in-Loa-Utah-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is Brent-Browns-home-in-Loa-Utah-1&period;jpg" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"496"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Police used cellphone tower data to track down Allen&comma; discovering her in the basement of this home on Main Street in the town of Loa&comma; Utah&comma; 87 miles away from the Snow College campus in Ephraim <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Authorities&comma; however&comma; said that Allen was being held against her will&period;   <br>According to the affidavit&comma; Allen confirmed to the police that she had communicated with a KIK user by the nickname &&num;8216&semi;Cowboy&&num;8217&semi; and agreed to meet with him on December 13 at Snow College&period; <br>Allen said that after Allen brought her to his home in Loa&comma; he made her strip naked and prohibited her from putting her clothes back on for the entire duration of her captivity&period;  <br>According to the affidavit&comma; the following morning&comma; after Brown took away her phone&comma; Allen became concerned that she would not be allowed to leave&period; She said Brown always had a large knife on his belt&period; <br>Maddie claimed that her alleged captor raped her several times a day&comma; even though she did not want to have sex with him&comma; and that he once choked her&period; <br>Allen said she did not try to leave because Brown knew her family&&num;8217&semi;s address and had made threats against them&period; <br>She said that Brown told her he had mailed her phone to the southern border so that nobody could find her&comma; and later claimed that police had stopped looking for her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Madlyn-Allen-vigil-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-397797"&sol;><figcaption> <strong>A candlelight vigil was held on Sunday as part of a &&num;8216&semi;gathering of gratitude&&num;8217&semi; after Allen&&num;8217&semi;s rescue<&sol;strong> <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Following her dramatic rescue&comma; the 19-year-old was taken to a hospital for a checkup&comma; after which she was reunited with her family&period;  <br>During a press conference on Saturday announcing Allen&&num;8217&semi;s rescue&comma; her parents&comma; Jonathan and Taunya&comma; spoke of their gratitude and relief at having their daughter back&comma; &&num;8216&semi;We got the phone call and &lbrack;the police chief&rsqb; said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I have her&period;&&num;8221&semi; We dropped to our knees&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Jonathan Allen&comma; said&period; &&num;8216&semi;We were so grateful&comma; elated&period; We couldn’t describe the feelings that we had as we embraced each other&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Her uncle&comma; Jacob Allen said Madelyn has been through a &&num;8216&semi;dangerous and traumatic&&num;8217&semi; ordeal&comma; but she is a &&num;8216&semi;fighter&&num;8217&semi; and a survivor&period;  <br>On Sunday&comma; Allen&&num;8217&semi;s family held two candlelight vigils as part of &&num;8216&semi;gatherings of gratitude&&num;8217&semi; to celebrate her rescue&period; <br>During his remarks&comma; Snow College President Bradley Cook cautioned young people to be careful about online interactions&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It reminds us of some dangers&comma; especially our young people who are online&comma;” he said&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You need to be careful&period; … We just have to be ever vigilant about those kinds of interactions&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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