Abraham Bravo Segura: Texas man who kept woman captive in trailer for 4 years with bars on windows arrested
HOUSTON, TEXAS: A Texas man was charged with abduction following the alleged claims that he held a woman captive for four years in a locked trailer. Abraham Bravo Segura, 45, reportedly held an unnamed woman in a trailer with bars on the windows and an extremely strong padlock, which the rescuers had to cut through with power tools for freeing the woman. According to the criminal complaint, Segura was charged with restricting the woman by "secreting and holding" her at a location where she "was not likely to be found" after his detention on Wednesday, March 8.
The 32-year-old victim, whose name hasn't been revealed, dialed 911 from a phone inside the trailer on Houston's West Greens Drive when Segura was at work, reported KTRK. She allegedly informed the Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies that Segura threatened to murder her and held her at gunpoint. Segura is being held in the Harris County Prison under the terms of a $150,000 bail and he is expected to be indicted on Monday, March 13, DailyMail reported.
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'Story is one-sided'
The trailer had burglar bars on the windows and a padlock, as per the criminal complaint obtained by ABC News. The firemen tried to release it with a bolt cutter but were unable to do so. They ultimately had to use power tools to break through the bars, in order to enter the trailer and free the woman. The court records state that three handguns were discovered inside the trailer.
A prosecutor outlined the charges against Segura during his initial court appearance on Thursday, March 9, contending that he had abducted the woman and held her imprisoned in the trailer for four years. "The defendant had kept the complainant inside a trailer for approximately four years," the prosecutor said. "All of the trailer's exits were barred", the prosecutor continued. Segura said in his defense that the "story is one-sided." However, the hearing officer informed the court, "We're not going to argue the facts of the case today."
'I saw them together'
Auseilsaul Contreras, Segura's companion, informed KTRK that his friend was innocent, "I (saw) them together," Contreras said, as per Fox News. "They came to our house sometime when we had parties and everything. They were good. I don't know what they're saying." Segura, who the public defender described as a barber and tattoo artist, has one prior conviction for misdemeanor marijuana possession in 2006.