NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A man and woman are facing charges after they held a woman against her will for five days, Broward sheriff's deputies said.
According to an arrest report, the victim met Raiza Rosado, 23, and Brandon Forbes, 34, on Jan. 16 in Miami Beach.
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Detectives said Rosado approached the victim and invited her back to her home with Forbes.
The victim told detectives that she feared for her life after Rosado told her that she and Forbes commonly met people and committed robberies.
According to the report, the suspects tied the victim's legs and hands together, preventing her from leaving for at least five days.
The day after the victim met the couple, Forbes tried to rape the victim, but she kept her legs tightly closed, detectives said. The victim told deputies that Forbes gave up after the condom broke.
She said she got into a physical altercation with both suspects the next day after Forbes told Rosado that he had sex with her.
According to the report, the suspects restrained her hands and feet together with a cloth belt, carried her upstairs, placed a sock in her mouth and covered her head with a black sheet, then left her upstairs for the remainder of the night.
Detectives said Forbes raped the victim and forced her to perform oral sex on him on another occasion.
On Jan. 22, Rosado brought the victim to a train station and said she could leave, detectives said.
The victim then reported the incident to law enforcement. She was taken to the Nancy J. Cotterman Center, where she underwent a medical exam and rape kit.
During the exam, it was discovered that the victim suffered bruises to her right elbow, left ear and vagina area. She also complained of pain in her abdomen and lower back.
Authorities said all of the injuries were consistent with her statements.
Before authorities were contacted by the victim, they were called to the North Lauderdale home in reference to a domestic disturbance, detectives said.
Deputies said Rosado told a dispatcher that a woman was being held hostage at the home and that Forbes was having "relations" with her.
Deputies said Rosado provided the dispatcher with the victim's full name and said Forbes was beating the victim and there was blood on the floor.
When deputies arrived at the home, the victim was not inside, but she later identified the suspects in a photo lineup.
According to the report, the couple threw a gun out the back window of the home into bushes when deputies arrived to arrest them.
Both face kidnapping charges, and Forbes faces additional charges of sexual battery and battery.