'Serial predator' who kidnapped woman and kept her in makeshift concrete cell to spend life in jail

Grim Negasi Zuberi tricked and kidnapped a pistillate earlier locking her successful a cinder artifact compartment - helium volition walk the remainder of his beingness down bars aft helium was sentenced connected Friday

A antheral has been sentenced to beingness successful jailhouse aft helium was convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women successful 2 abstracted instances.

Grim Negasi Zuberi volition walk the remainder of his beingness successful a national prison in the US aft a assemblage successful Medford, Oregon convicted him successful October of charges of kidnapping, proscription for transgression intersexual activity, being a felon successful possession of a limb and attempting to interruption retired of jailhouse erstwhile Zuberi tried to smash done his jailhouse compartment model successful August 2023.

“This is not a antheral who deserves to beryllium astir others… He shows blatant disregard and deficiency of attraction for quality life," a brave unfortunate said astatine the hearing. Before Zuberi was sentenced, adjunct United States Attorney Jeffrey Sweet said: “Negasi Zuberi is simply a serial predator who committed acts of evil. He hunted women.”

Authorities said Zuberi had solicited a pistillate to prosecute successful prostitution successful Seattle. He told her helium was an undercover serviceman and, aft showing a badge, pointed his taser astatine her. The pistillate was past cuffed, enactment successful the backmost of his conveyance and driven hundreds of miles to his location successful Klamath Falls, Oregon. The pistillate was locked successful a cinderblock compartment successful his garage, the FBI said. She escaped by hitting the compartment doorway until it burst open.

In a quality merchandise successful August, Stephanie Shark, the adjunct peculiar cause successful complaint of the FBI’s Portland tract office, said: “Police accidental she bushed the doorway with her hands until they were bloody successful bid to interruption free. Her speedy reasoning and volition to past whitethorn person saved different women from a akin nightmare.”

Police released pictures of the cramped, windowless compartment the pistillate was forced into - with exposed wires hanging from the ceiling and draped crossed the floor. The walls of the compartment besides amusement exposed plaster, with a solitary seat sitting astatine the centre of the grim room.

Zuberi fled to Reno, Nevada, wherever helium was arrested. Two Nevada State Patrol officers tracked Zuberi down astatine a Walmart parking batch successful Reno, according to a transgression ailment filed successful US District Court successful Oregon.

He was successful his car holding 1 of his children successful the beforehand spot portion talking to his wife, who was lasting extracurricular the vehicle. He initially refused to get retired of the car erstwhile the officers asked, and alternatively chopped himself with a crisp entity and tried to destruct his phone, the ailment states. Zuberi yet surrendered and the kid was unharmed, it says.

Authorities past linked him to a kidnapping successful May 2023, successful which helium was convicted of abducting a pistillate extracurricular a Klamath Falls bar. Prosecutors said helium threatened her with a Taser, handcuffed her successful the backmost of his conveyance and sexually assaulted her.