Bus driver who held young girl captive for 12 years is seen in mugshot after she escaped
A former bus driver who kidnapped a girl and held her captive for 12 years has finally been arrested in Colombia.
Carlos Grisales was taken into custody in Medellín on November 22, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on Thursday.
The victim, now about 19 years old, managed to escape in February.
The girl had been locked up in a home for the past two years because she complained about the treatment she was subjected to.
Prosecutors said she was only seven years old when she was kidnapped and taken to a house in the city center in early 2012.
Grisales allegedly “psychologically manipulated and sexually subjugated her, causing her to believe that such behavior was normal.”
Carlos Grisales was arrested by police in Medellín, Colombia on November 22 in connection with the 2021 kidnapping of a girl, who was seven years old at the time. Prosecutors said the victim was able to escape from a house where she was being held captive in February
Grisales changed the girl’s name and moved her to different homes in Medellín and the nearby municipality of Bello to prevent authorities and her family from locating her.
Grisales was charged with kidnapping, sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14 and sexual acts with a minor under the age of 14.
He is also charged with pornography involving a person under the age of 18.
“We will not be less vigilant in our work against the sexual and commercial exploitation of our children and women,” Medellín Mayor Federico Gutiérrez said in a statement.
“The message is clear: the lives and integrity of our children come first.”
