Authorities: Woman ‘chained up like a dog’ inside container
ANDERSON, S.C. — A woman who had been reported missing along with her boyfriend in late August was found “chained up like a dog” inside a storage container, a South Carolina sheriff said Thursday.
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright told news outlets that deputies acting on a tip found her after hearing her banging on the container from the inside Thursday in the town of Woodruff, 80 miles northwest of the state capital of Columbia.
Wright said she had a chain around her neck. He says she told deputies she had been kept in the container for two months and had been fed regularly.
The sheriff said the container measured 30 feet by 15 feet by 10 or 12 feet. It was chained and locked. A message seeking additional comment from the sheriff’s office wasn’t immediately returned Thursday.