THE chilling details surrounding the alleged kidnap of Madelyn Allen involve odd text messages and chilling CCTV images.
Madelyn, 19, was rescued on Saturday from the Utah home of suspect Brent Brown, 39, after being reported missing last week.
The Snow College student was found at a home in Loa, Wayne County, and Brown is suspected of aggravated kidnapping, rape, object rape, and obstruction of justice.
The details of the case that have been made public thus far are minimal, but chilling.
Strange Text
On the morning of Tuesday, December 14, Madelyn sent her family members a text that said, “I love you!”
Authorities believe Brown permitted her to send the text before taking her phone away.
The out-of-the-blue text prompted Madelyn’s family to contact the police. Her college roommates also reported her disappearance to authorities.
Found Covered in Coal
After police pinged Madelyn’s phone and were directed to the home she was being kept in, they obtained permission to search the residence from the owner’s, Brown’s parents.
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They eventually found Madelyn in a basement area in “what is described as a coal storage area of the residence.”
She was naked and “completely covered in coal,” according to an affidavit obtained by KSL.
Spotted on Surveillance
Madelyn was spotted in surveillance footage leaving her dorm on the day she had arranged to meet Brown, December 13.
According to authorities, he picked her up and drove her to his parents’ home 87 miles away from her school.
Brown is reportedly alleging that the relationship was consensual.
Met Attacker on App
Madelyn met Brown on an app, according to the affidavit.
The document says that Brown told police he met her on a bondage group chat.
He also alleged that she gave him her phone and he allowed her to send the text to her family, but then didn’t let her access it again.
At a press conference on Sunday, Snow College Police Chief Derek Walk said they were still trying to figure out the nature of the pair’s relationship.
“We met him for the first time [Saturday night],” he said. “We don’t know how extensive his relationship or her knowledge of him is thus far.”
Suspect Claims He Was Role-Playing
Brown would reportedly tie the woman up while he went to work, leaving enough slack for her to reach food and the bathroom, the affidavit says.
The suspect has claimed that tying her up was a form of sexual role-play.
The affidavit claims that on December 14, she realized “the situation she was in and began worrying she would not be able to leave.”
Suspect ‘Raped Her’ Several Times Daily
Madelyn told police that Brown “raped her several times daily,” and that she did not want to have sex with him.
She said she was afraid to leave because he knew her family’s address and Brown had “threatened her, saying if she left or told anyone about him he would come after her family and sister,” the affidavit says.
Brown Claimed He Mailed Phone to Mexico
Madelyn told police that while she was in Brown’s home, they saw a news report about her being missing.
Brown told her that he had sent her phone to the Arizona/Mexico border so that nobody could use it to locate her, according to the arrest report.
Despite that claim, officers were able to use her phone on December 18 to ping her location and eventually find her in the home.
Brown was taken into custody but has not been officially charged or entered a plea yet.
At the Sunday press conference, Madelyn’s father, Jonathan, said he and his wife “dropped to [their] knees,” when they learned she had been rescued.
“We are so excited to have our Maddie home,” her mother, Tanya, said.
“We love her so much. And she has been such a light and a joy in our lives.”
