Post by King Ghidorah on Mar 17, 2014 10:26:20 GMT -5
Bad trucker: Timothy Jay Vafeades is accused of kidnapped at least two women and holding them against their will in his semitrailer while he traveled the country for work
A 54-year-old truck driver 'obsessed with vampires' is accused of keeping women as sex slaves while he traveled the country for work.
Authorities say Timothy Jay Vafeades kidnapped at least two women, including a 19-year-old relative, and held them against their will in his semi trailer for months at a time, where he raped them and beat them until they nearly passed out.
While being held captive, Vafeades filed down the 19-year-old victim's teeth after telling her she 'had an ugly smile' and forced her to wear dentures while he wore his own pair with vampire fangs.
The truck driver made his first appearance in court on Wednesday as he faces charges of kidnapping, transportation for illegal sexual activity and posession of child pornography. If convicted he could face between 10 years and life in prison.
An arrest warrant filed Tuesday in Salt Lake City claims Vafeades kidnapped the 19-year-old relative who had come from Florida in May 2013 to work with him on his truck, named the 'Twilight Express.'
Public records indicate Vafeades has been running Twilight Express Trucking since 2009, meaning the business name could very well be a reference to the popular vampire book series by Stephenie Meyer which was turned into a film franchise starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
After a week on the road, the teen told Vafeades she wanted to go home, but she later told authorities that he strangled her until she blacked out and used threats and violence to keep her with him for the next six months while they traveled to Washington state, Nevada, Texas, Tennessee and other states.
Despite her pleas, Vafeades forced the teenager to have sex with him more than 100 times during their time together, a criminal complaint states.
Vafeades was arrested at a Clay County, Minnestota, weigh station on November 26, after officers noticed bruises on the teenager and turned up a 1999 restraining order barring Vafeades from contacting the girl.
Meeting place: Vafeades' second victim says she agreed to go out to dinner with him after meeting him at this truck stop in Salt Lake City, but that he kidnapped her and held her hostage for months
After his arrest, a second woman went to authorities to report she had been held captive in Vafeades' truck, according to the warrant.
The woman told detectives she met the driver at a Salt Lake City truck stop in April 2012. She agreed to have dinner with him and got into his truck, according to the report, but Vafeades told her about 10 minutes into the ride that she was going with him for a week or more.
The woman said Vafeades kept her with him for about three months through threats and violence, forcing her to have sex with him nearly every day and calling her his slave, authorities said.
She said he had her hair cut and colored to disguise her identity and forced her to marry him.
Both women said Vafeades watched child pornography often, and a police search revealed he kept 'hundreds' of child porn videos and pictures on external hard drives.
He also forced the women to do his company paperwork, and never paid them for the work.
The trucker faces state charges in Minnesota in addition to the federal counts. He is in the Clay County Jail awaiting transfer to Utah.
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A 54-year-old truck driver 'obsessed with vampires' is accused of keeping women as sex slaves while he traveled the country for work.
Authorities say Timothy Jay Vafeades kidnapped at least two women, including a 19-year-old relative, and held them against their will in his semi trailer for months at a time, where he raped them and beat them until they nearly passed out.
While being held captive, Vafeades filed down the 19-year-old victim's teeth after telling her she 'had an ugly smile' and forced her to wear dentures while he wore his own pair with vampire fangs.
The truck driver made his first appearance in court on Wednesday as he faces charges of kidnapping, transportation for illegal sexual activity and posession of child pornography. If convicted he could face between 10 years and life in prison.
An arrest warrant filed Tuesday in Salt Lake City claims Vafeades kidnapped the 19-year-old relative who had come from Florida in May 2013 to work with him on his truck, named the 'Twilight Express.'
Public records indicate Vafeades has been running Twilight Express Trucking since 2009, meaning the business name could very well be a reference to the popular vampire book series by Stephenie Meyer which was turned into a film franchise starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
After a week on the road, the teen told Vafeades she wanted to go home, but she later told authorities that he strangled her until she blacked out and used threats and violence to keep her with him for the next six months while they traveled to Washington state, Nevada, Texas, Tennessee and other states.
Despite her pleas, Vafeades forced the teenager to have sex with him more than 100 times during their time together, a criminal complaint states.
Vafeades was arrested at a Clay County, Minnestota, weigh station on November 26, after officers noticed bruises on the teenager and turned up a 1999 restraining order barring Vafeades from contacting the girl.
Meeting place: Vafeades' second victim says she agreed to go out to dinner with him after meeting him at this truck stop in Salt Lake City, but that he kidnapped her and held her hostage for months
After his arrest, a second woman went to authorities to report she had been held captive in Vafeades' truck, according to the warrant.
The woman told detectives she met the driver at a Salt Lake City truck stop in April 2012. She agreed to have dinner with him and got into his truck, according to the report, but Vafeades told her about 10 minutes into the ride that she was going with him for a week or more.
The woman said Vafeades kept her with him for about three months through threats and violence, forcing her to have sex with him nearly every day and calling her his slave, authorities said.
She said he had her hair cut and colored to disguise her identity and forced her to marry him.
Both women said Vafeades watched child pornography often, and a police search revealed he kept 'hundreds' of child porn videos and pictures on external hard drives.
He also forced the women to do his company paperwork, and never paid them for the work.
The trucker faces state charges in Minnesota in addition to the federal counts. He is in the Clay County Jail awaiting transfer to Utah.
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