A 75-year-old year old Arizona woman escapes her kidnapper after being held against her will for hours, only to discover he had taken her boyfriend’s life.This startling tale began at around 3 p.m. on January 3rd in Pierce, Arizona. A masked man forced his way into the victim’s home.
The man, later identified as 37-year-old Rynn Prairie-Rocca, blindfolded the 75-year-old woman and put her in the backseat of a car.
While in the backseat the woman heard several loud noises, but she was unable to tell what exactly was happening. A short while later the woman was moved to the backseat of her own vehicle and was taken off the premises.
The incredible brave 75-year-old victim was able to escape from her restraints and run away from her kidnapper while stopped at a Dollar General store. She then ran to a nearby residence and called 911 to report she had been kidnapped.
The 911 went through to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office at 8:10 p.m. As the woman was being taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital she informed deputies that her boyfriend should still be in the home.
She asked them “if they could please let him know she was being taken to the hospital”. Deputies responded to the home and sadly found her boyfriend deceased.
He was 67 at the time of his homicide. Police quickly identified Prairie-Rocca as a suspect in the kidnapping and murder. After locating Prairie-Rocca in a Cochise County home, a tense 90 minute stand off occurred.
Prairie-Rocca eventually surrendered without incident and was booked into Cochise County Jail. The names of the victims have not been released.
Our thoughts are with the victim in this case and her boyfriend’s family.
