The 11-year-old girl was taken to the man's house, where she was forced to shower with the man. She was then raped in a small structure set up in the backyard, and kept in handcuffs for an entire week following her capture. This continued for many months, until she fell pregnant at age 13. She eventually was given more freedom, and helped her captors with many duties. When she was finally found after 18 years, she claimed that her captor was a good man who was great with her kids. She also said that she felt like her relationship with her captor was "like a marriage."
