Inset: Casey Wilkins (Bannock County Jail). Background: The OfficeMax in Idaho where cops say Casey Wilkins asked his ex-girlfriend to meet before kidnapping and torturing her (Google Maps).
An Idaho woman agreed to meet her ex-boyfriend at an OfficeMax to talk about their breakup and then wound up trapped with him for hours, enduring beatings and torture that he unleashed on her with a sander and pliers, cops say.
Casey Wilkins, 51, of Pocatello, allegedly brought his ex to a water tower at one point and threatened to put her inside it, saying it "would be her new home," according to court documents obtained by East Idaho News.
"[Wilkins] would not take her home or let her go," the documents say.
Wilkins is facing charges of first-degree kidnapping, forcible penetration by use of a foreign object, assault with intent to commit a serious felony, attempted strangulation, aggravated battery, aggravated sexual battery, first-degree stalking and intimidating a witness and intentional destruction of a telecommunication line after being arrested by the Pocatello Police Department.
The alleged ordeal happened on Nov. 3, when the woman agreed to meet Wilkins at an OfficeMax in Pocatello. The two had been in a relationship for three years but recently split. She had obtained a protection order because his behavior was becoming increasingly violent, although it had not yet been served, according to the court documents.
Police say Wilkins sent the victim threatening messages after the breakup, including one in which he vowed to "kidnap her, take her to the water tower, rape her and bury her there." He had also allegedly gone to her workplace on multiple occasions, yelling and grabbing her.
After the pair met at the OfficeMax, they left together in Wilkins' truck and he took her phone and drove toward the water tower, according to the court documents. He allegedly forced her out once they arrived and instructed her to look at the tower "since that would be her new home."
The two got back in the truck and headed toward Wilkins' home on the Fort Hall Reservation, per the court documents. When the woman suggested she probably should not be there, Wilkins allegedly became angry and the violence escalated.
She told police that Wilkins repeatedly hit her, pulled over to assault her and climbed on top of her while trying to strangle her, according to the court documents. He allegedly kept her in the truck from about 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 until 11:30 a.m. the following day, refusing to take her home or let her leave.
The woman told police she believed she would die after being "tortured all night." The attacks included using pliers and a drill fitted with a sanding attachment on her arms and hand, according to the court documents. Officers allegedly observed abrasions on her arms, red marks on her neck and a "very hoarse" voice.
She told police that Wilkins stripped her and sexually assaulted her. An evidence technician documented extensive bruising across her chest.
Wilkins allegedly dragged the woman from the truck while she was naked, locked her outside in the darkness and drove backward in circles in an apparent attempt to run her over. Police say he left for roughly two hours, then returned and asked, "You didn't think I was coming back for you, did you?"
The next morning, Wilkins allegedly drove the woman back to her car at OfficeMax and ordered her to claim her injuries came from a four-wheeler accident. He also warned that if she contacted police, he would "blow her brains out," according to the court documents.
The woman called 911 anyway and Wilkins was later located at his home. He was arrested and booked into the Bannock County Jail on a $2 million bond.
Court records show that Wilkins is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 16. He is being represented by a public defender.
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