Kidnapped Minnesota teen girl swims over lake to flee abductors

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Posted: 9/7/2017 12:43:47 PM EDT

A Minnesota teen who was kidnapped for almost a month swam across a lake Tuesday to escape her abductors, officials said.

Jasmine Block, 15, of Alexandria, Minn., made it safely across the lake before running onto a property where she received help, CBS Minnesota reported.

Authorities said Block was kidnapped on Aug. 8 by Thomas Barker, 32, who urged the teen to get into his car and drove her to a residence in Carlos. Barker, his roommate and another friend physically and sexually assaulted the teenager, officials said.

“Barker tied her up with zip ties and then he, his roommate and friend over the next several weeks assaulted her and threatened her with weapons,” Alexandria Police Chief Rick Wyffels said.

Police arrested Barker, Steven Powers, 20, and Joshua Holby, 31, in connection with the kidnapping, the New York Post reported.

Block was able to make her escape after the kidnappers left her alone Tuesday, officials said. The teen reportedly knocked on the doors of a few homes but she did not receive any answers. She then jumped into the Thompson Lake and swam across.

When she got across the lake, she ran onto a farmer’s property. The farmer identified her and took her to safety.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/07/kidnapped-minnesota-teen-swims-over-lake-to-flee-abductors.html

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:45:54 PM EDT

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Bullets to the head. Bill the families.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:47:42 PM EDT

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Kidnapping make it a federal case ?

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:48:59 PM EDT

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Hooo boy those 3 look like they lost the genetic lottery.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:49:15 PM EDT

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Those are some mighty fine genetics between those three.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:49:41 PM EDT

[#5]

Get the rope.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:49:42 PM EDT

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To easy.... take them to Point Nemo, chum the waters for a good solid hour, coat them in chum, and leave them treading water.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:50:02 PM EDT

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Could be. But they won't likely prosecute unless she is a minority.

Odd that the story identifies the minor alleged sexual assault victim by name.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:54:07 PM EDT

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Could be. But they won't likely prosecute unless she is a minority.

Odd that the story identifies the minor alleged sexual assault victim by name.

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Kidnapping make it a federal case ?

Could be. But they won't likely prosecute unless she is a minority.

Odd that the story identifies the minor alleged sexual assault victim by name.

That's awesome.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:55:11 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/7/2017 12:58:02 PM EDT

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Not a lot of branches on those family trees.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:58:05 PM EDT

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Get out a hammer and turn their lower limb bones into paste to start off with.

Posted: 9/7/2017 12:59:10 PM EDT

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i

If she was a minority this story would already be international news.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:00:35 PM EDT

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It was originally a missing person case so her name had been pretty widely distributed already. I think some news outlets are not including it in the current story.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:13:24 PM EDT

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Kidnapping make it a federal case ?

Could be. But they won't likely prosecute unless she is a minority.

Odd that the story identifies the minor alleged sexual assault victim by name.

Probably because she was missing. Her name was already public info.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:15:42 PM EDT

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Best FPNI ever...

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:17:39 PM EDT

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Somehow, I think donation for three bullets would overwhelm the post office there. Even if it is just donations by ARFCOM members. I suspect there will be well over a thousand flat rate boxes of three. Maybe in the 10s of thousands.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:20:03 PM EDT

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yeah these guys got caught

imagine all the other sickos who do this and has never been found out.
didn't they find 2 women chained up in that guys house who'd been i n there for years?
too many sick freaks on the loose!!!

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:21:58 PM EDT

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Only if they demand ransom or transport her across state lines...as I understand it.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:22:35 PM EDT

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Yep, they look the part.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:23:50 PM EDT

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Kidnapped for a month, there were probably a lot of local stories about it with police looking for information. Cat was already out of the bag.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:27:58 PM EDT

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Was it Lake Minnetonka?

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:28:04 PM EDT

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PSA - learn to swim

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:31:07 PM EDT

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or the branches cross

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:32:40 PM EDT

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No, it was way north up on Alexandria, in the Polaris jacket sector.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:32:57 PM EDT

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Atomic Tactical, a local FFL/SOT and I believe a dealer here on ARFCOM had connections to the family of the girl. They posted about it on their Facebook.

Glad she escaped!

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:35:56 PM EDT

[#26]

Titus get the cross.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:49:38 PM EDT

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I live in Alexandria, a mile from where she was abducted. There had been numerous searches for her. No one knew she had been abducted. There were flyers everywhere in town with her face and name. The farmer who found her after her swim recognized her from the flyers. The farmer and Jasmine were driving into town talking to 911 dispatcher when Jasmine spotted kidnapper driving his car. They gave dispatcher the description and Barker was arrested almost immediately. A Mn state trooper spotted the other two suspects in a different town called Glenwood not far away. They were arrested shortly thereafter. This is according to police press conference yesterday. These guys are going to Oak Park Heights maximum security pound you in the ass prison eventually. As an ex Leo I am sure they will have their dance card filled daily.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:53:18 PM EDT

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I don't know. I think this of one of those things that the state ought to pay for. So that we're all contributing to it a little bit.

Posted: 9/7/2017 1:54:39 PM EDT

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No hole is deep enough or dark enough for those three "Uncle-daddy" bastards.

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:17:58 PM EDT

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So one sick fuck finds another sick fuck is just two sick fucks getting lucky and finding each other but how do three of them get together?
Some kind of rapist network or Internet site or did they know each other from jail?

They all look

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:29:47 PM EDT

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Two older ones were roommates in Carlos, nobody knows how younger guy from Mankato got involved. Internets probably.

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:42:12 PM EDT

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Rack them, stretch them, and then gut them.

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:46:09 PM EDT

[#33]

Another Barker into kidnapping...imagine that.

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:48:42 PM EDT

[#34]

Poor Girl

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:49:20 PM EDT

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Not a tiny lake. Good job!

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:51:19 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/7/2017 2:51:27 PM EDT

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Wow, thank God that girl is still alive.

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:52:05 PM EDT

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It'd be worth a carton of smokes and some commissary credits to get those fucker's heads caved in.

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:55:11 PM EDT

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How about a trip hammer instead?

Posted: 9/7/2017 2:59:28 PM EDT

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a hole is too good for them. burn them or let a group of folks break every bone in their body with lengths of rebar until every bone is fractured.

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:14:11 PM EDT

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Hey kids. Don't get in a car with a man you don't know.

That's not blaming the victim for anything other that the stupid thing she did.

Now, tie something heavy to the three wastes of oxygen and toss them in the lake.

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:21:45 PM EDT

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Interesting that none of them were charged with rape or sexual assault.

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:24:16 PM EDT

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yikes

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:24:17 PM EDT

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Hopefully because they were booked into jail without dicks.

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:30:12 PM EDT

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Around here I'd say they're more likely to get the shit kicked out of them in the local jail than in prison. edit for this particular offense

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:30:57 PM EDT

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A 15 year old girl.

How many years is it going to be before she isn't think about this 50 times a day? How will she ever not be suspicious of every guy she ever even sees? Just shoot the bastards.

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:36:08 PM EDT

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the one on the right surely has an uncle dad and an extra chromosome.

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:38:48 PM EDT

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A LAKE?! In Minnesota?!?!

Shirley you jest

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:39:00 PM EDT

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Barker suspect is a family acquaintance. He asked her to help with 'family' situation. She has a slight developmental disability.

Posted: 9/7/2017 3:39:09 PM EDT

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Could I pay just to get both of their hands caved in? I think it would be a bargain if they could never use their hands again. They would have an interesting time in prison, in the chow hall, in the bathroom.

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