Police: NC woman escapes after held captive for 3 days by boyfriend

CATAWBA COUNTY, NC (WSOC) — Police in Catawba County are searching for a man they said assaulted his girlfriend repeatedly while holding her captive for three days inside his home.

Investigators said that around 8 p.m. officers and deputies were called to the Love’s Travel Stop on Southfork Drive in Newton in reference to a woman in distress.

Officers learned that the woman had run to the travel stop after escaping from the home of her abusive boyfriend, Jason Shook. She told police that Shook held her against her will inside the home on Viewpoint Road for three days, where she was repeatedly assaulted.

She was taken to Frye Hospital, where she received medical treatment.

Click here to read more.