A call for help from neighbors at home in Ituporang, in Alto Vale do Itajaí, revealed crimes of rape and unlawful imprisonment of a woman that occurred in the early hours of this Thursday (21).

Woman accuses ex-partner of rape and false imprisonment after escaping from home in SC – Photo: Civil Police/ND Reproduction

According to the Civil Police, the victim came to the police station around 12 noon, where she reported that she had been raped and kept in a private prison all morning. She named her former partner as the perpetrator of the crimes.

The woman ran out of the house where she was being held and asked neighbors for help, while the suspect allegedly fled the scene.

Woman’s ex-partner caught red-handed

Also according to the civilian police, soon after the complaint was filed, the police began an investigation and managed to locate the victim’s ex-partner at a house in the same area where the incident took place.

The man was arrested and taken to the police station for arrest, and then transferred to the regional prison of Rio do Sul, where he remains in the custody of the Ministry of Justice.