Legal Opinion
United States v. Martin Jonassen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 2014No. 13-1410PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Martin Jonassen kidnapped his 21-year-old daughter E.J. 1 from her home in Missouri and took her to a motel in Indiana, where he held her against her will and sexually assaulted her. On the third day of her captivity, E.J. managed to escape and was seen fleeing naked from the motel, rope still tied around her leg, desperately screaming for help. Jonassen chased her through the street and into a nearby liquor store, and after a violent struggle, recaptured her. Police responding to the scene arrested him in the liquor store parking lot. E.J. described the ordeal to police,…
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