Garland County Sheriff Looking for Suspect in Abduction, Beating
By: KARK
Updated: May 7, 2012
Tonight the Garland County Sheriff's Department is asking for help in finding 36-year-old Jason Ripley.
He is wanted on charges of kidnapping and first degree battery.
A woman claims she was abducted by the suspect at a friends house.
The 22-year-old woman says her face was covered with a shirt and she was driven to a camper.
At the camper, she says her hands and feet were tied and she was held for two days, burned with cigarettes and a torch, beaten, and forced to take pills.
The victim managed to escape and walked to a nearby home, where authorities were contacted.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of Jason Ripley, please call the Garland County Sheriff's
Department at 501-622-3660 or our anonymous tip line at 501-622-3674.
