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11th January 2018
04:08pm GMT

Her boyfriend went to the police station and was able to share details with them, as they could see Jaila's car moving along the highway. However, the terrifying ordeal wasn't yet over as when police tracked Jaila's car down, her kidnapper attempted to drive away. He almost hit a police officer but finally, Jaila was brought to safety when the car crashed into a fence and she jumped out. According to the publication, the man in question, Timothy Wilson, has since been charged with kidnapping, rape, hijacking a motor vehicle, rape, aggravated sodomy, false imprisonment, and aggravated assault against a police officer. Speaking afterwards a police spokesperson said:In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Jaila Gladden recounted the harrowing night she says she was kidnapped and raped by a stranger, and how her quick-thinking use of her cell phone was instrumental in her rescue https://t.co/IsEngCQlLQ
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 10, 2018
"If this victim did not have her phone and did not think quickly she may not have been as lucky".Jaila has waived anonymity as she believes this nightmare could have been prevented if there had been better security at the supermarket car park. You can read her interview in full here. Main image via Jaila Gladden