Indiana man who rescued captive woman says she begged for help

Published January 08, 2015

A man credited with rescuing a woman allegedly held captive for two months by a southwestern Indiana couple said the woman begged him to help her escape.

Ron Higgs told WEHT-TV that his ex-wife and her boyfriend were holding the woman in a small wooden cage, but that they allowed her out to cook and clean.

Higgs says he visited Kendra Tooley and Ricky Roy House Jr., Thursday and was dumbfounded when Tooley told him, "I've got a girl back here in a cage."

The 61-year-old Higgs told WFIE-TV the woman, who was reported missing July 9, pleaded for help. He drove her to safety Saturday after convincing House and Tooley that he wouldn't tell police.

The Posey County couple faces preliminary charges of rape and criminal confinement.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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