Teen kidnapping victim relives horror of being chained up in a hotel room for months by a teacher's aide amid fears abuser could be released

A Wisconsin woman who was abducted arsenic a kid by a teacher's adjutant has breached her soundlessness astir the horrifying maltreatment she suffered earlier being miraculously rescued. 

Jessyca Mullenberg was aged conscionable 13 erstwhile she was kidnapped by her 38-year-old neighbour Steven Oliver connected September 16, 1995. 

Oliver had stalked her for six years earlier the fateful time helium tricked her into taking a travel nether the guise of gathering a steadfast astir a abbreviated communicative she had written.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Mullenberg recalled the chilling infinitesimal she woke up successful his car and discovered her hands and legs had been tied with rope. 

She went connected to walk 3 months chained up successful a edifice country earlier an occurrence of America's Most Wanted yet led to a interruption successful the lawsuit and her abductor's arrest.  

But Mullenberg, present 42, joined and with 2 children of her own, fears helium could soon beryllium released from jail. 'I americium terrified for some of my kids,' she said.

Oliver had developed a sick obsession with Mullenberg erstwhile she was conscionable 8 and helium was a teacher's adjutant astatine her school. 

He became truthful infatuated with her that helium yet bought a location crossed the thoroughfare from wherever her begetter Dale Bourget lived successful Eau Claire. Her parents were divorced astatine the time. 

During this clip helium besides acceptable up a originative penning nine and appointed himself arsenic a mentor-type fig to Jessyca.

On the time she was kidnapped, she was visiting her begetter successful Eau Claire and recalled visiting Oliver's location with her 2 brothers, measurement siblings and others students to enactment successful a penning club.

There she was told that her abbreviated communicative had been selected by a steadfast and that helium would thrust her to the adjacent municipality of Madison for a meeting.  

'We each thought it was real. There was paperwork we had to capable out. There were checks we were given,' she recalled.

But soon aft getting into his car she realized determination was nary publication contention - she was being kidnapped.

'I fell dormant astatine immoderate point. I woke up each tied up successful ropes. He told maine I americium not going location and I person to perceive to what helium says,' she said.

'He said my sanction is going to beryllium Cindy Johnson and his sanction is going to beryllium Dave. You are going to telephone maine dada and we are moving to commencement our caller beingness over,' she continued.

At 1 constituent portion driving implicit a bridge, Mullunberg said she attempted to leap retired of the car but was rapidly caught - and knew astatine that infinitesimal she was trapped. 

After driving for 9 hours Mullenberg arrived successful Kansas City, Missouri.  

They past went to the airdrome wherever Oliver held a pouch weapon to her backmost and forced her to committee a level to Texas. 

Over the adjacent 3 and a fractional months, Mullenberg was moved astir 3 antithetic places arsenic Oliver hid from the police.

She recalled however helium chopped her hairsbreadth and dyed it acheronian brownish successful the archetypal edifice and warned her not to permission the room.  

'He told maine I'm fat, dumb, anserine and ugly. He told maine nary 1 wants maine and my parents don't emotion me,' she said done tears.

By the clip they were successful the 3rd hotel, a Days Inn successful Houston, helium ran retired of wealth and convinced the manager to fto him beryllium a painter,' she recalled.

The brace stayed successful a country successful the backmost of the edifice country which she described arsenic infested with roaches with nary radical around.

'I would beryllium tied to the bed. I would beryllium punished for not listening and told I was a atrocious girl,' she said.

'I wasn't allowed to usage the phone. I wasn't allowed to usage the bath and I wasn't allowed to devour unless helium said I could.'

When unsocial successful the country she would desperately deliberation of ways to escape, but ne'er knew erstwhile helium would resurface. 'He ever checked connected me,' she said, describing however her feelings would plaything from anticipation to hopelessness each day.

On 1 juncture helium caught her utilizing the telephone successful the country and bushed her. He would besides deed her if she got the answers incorrect successful the workbook helium gave her, she added. 

'I had to gain my TV privileges by doing antithetic intersexual acts,' Mullenberg continued.

During the uncommon instances she was allowed to permission the hotel, Oliver forbade her from talking and insisted she enactment similar helium was her father. 

Most radical they interacted with had nary thought she was the missing Wisconsin miss whose look made the nationalist quality and was connected immoderate 15,000 flyers posted astir the country.

Only the motel manager was suspicious. And past 1 day, connected December 28, 1995, the pistillate saw an occurrence of America's Most Wanted astatine a friend's location and recognized Oliver's face. 

She instantly called the FBI who rapidly descended connected the hotel.

'The FBI came to our country and enactment america some successful the aforesaid constabulary squad car,' she said. 'They kept connected asking maine my name. They said your sanction is Jessyca. I said that is not my name. I said my sanction is Cindy Johnson.'

She aboriginal realized she had been 'brainwashed' and was reunited with her family. 

'I ran to my mom. We hugged successful the airport. There were cameras everywhere,' she recalled.

She said she remembers feeling confused, overwhelmed and frightened but grateful the nightmare was yet over.

To assistance her retrieve who she was, her household showed her pictures.

'After 3 and fractional months proceeding each azygous time your sanction is Cindy Johnson it took a portion get retired of that mentality and say, 'No, you are Jessica Mullenberg,' she explained.

Following his arrest, Oliver was sentenced to 40 years successful situation for kidnapping and interstate proscription of a insignificant for amerciable intersexual purposes, and is being held astatine FMC Devens, a national situation successful Massachusetts. 

Today, Mullenberg goes by her joined sanction Christianson and continues to stock her communicative of endurance to assistance others, speaking astatine schools and events to alert radical to the informing signs of abuse. 

In 2018, she was granted an grant by the National Association of Missing and Exploited Children, wherever she was photographed with histrion Ben Affleck. 

She besides graduated assemblage with a grade successful psychology, transgression justness and instrumentality enforcement.

However, her trauma inactive haunts her to this time and arsenic she battles PTSD she admitted she fears the time her kidnapper is released.

Oliver is presently scheduled to beryllium freed from situation connected January 26, 2031, a spokesperson with the Federal Bureau of Prisons told DailyMail.com. 

'I americium terrified for some of my kids,' she said, explaining that she perpetually reminds them ne'er to permission schoolhouse grounds with anyone but family. 

'I don't deliberation it is imaginable to unrecorded a mean life,' she added.