Quick-thinking pizza man leads cops to rape victim

[triplexxx]

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Chris Turner normally wouldn't drive into the remote Tennessee mountains just to deliver a pizza. The one time he did, he came upon a scene that drained the color from his face and made him "numb from head to toe" — a woman with her hands tied, silently begging him to call 911.

It was no joke, and Turner, 32, rushed to a nearby house and made the call. Police say the woman was jogging in her Atlanta neighborhood when she was whisked away by a man who frequented her business. Authorities say he drove her off, raped her and held her captive inside a cabin. The 24-year-old woman was rescued by Sevier County deputies on Tuesday evening because of Turner's quick thinking.

Turner told The Associated Press on Friday that he noticed the woman pop up from a couch while the suspect signed the credit card slip.

"While I was standing in the door all you could see was the back of the couch," Turner said. "And then she popped over the back of the couch and showed me that her hands were bound. And she was just mouthing, 'Please call 911.'"

Turner at first thought it was a joke.

"When I realized what was going on, I went numb from head to toe and turned pale white," he said.

Turner tried to look calm. "Have a nice day. Enjoy your food," he told the suspect, who tipped him $5 on a $37.69 bill. Then he rushed back to his van, where his wife, Nease, was waiting behind the wheel.

"Go, go, go!" he told her.

The cabin location was out of cell phone range. So they drove to a nearby house and called police. They waited to make sure the suspect didn't flee. Then Turner stayed to see the man arrested and the victim taken away in an ambulance. "I wanted to make sure she was OK," he said.

The woman told authorities she was jogging near her home about 11:50 a.m. Tuesday when a frequent customer at a restaurant and bar owned by the woman and her husband asked her to see his new car. She got into the vehicle, which turned out to be a rental, and was immediately tied up.

She told police the suspect drove her more than 200 miles to the cabin in Tennessee and raped her. The Associated Press does not identify alleged sexual assault victims.

Police arrested David J. Jansen, 46, of Snellville, Ga., without a struggle on charges of aggravated kidnapping and rape, Sheriff Ron Seals said in a statement. He was released on $800,000 bond late Thursday. His attorney, Donald Bosch of Knoxville, had no comment Friday.

Capt. Jeff McCarter refused to discuss the case Friday. But he earlier told The Mountain Press newspaper that officials believe the woman was in imminent danger.

The victim and her husband visited Turner at Capelli's Pizza and Subs in Gatlinburg before heading home Wednesday. "She was just thanking me ... for trusting her," Turner said. "She said he was going to kill her ... after he got done with her."

Turner's boss, John Henry, said the cabin was about 30 miles from his pizza shop.

"We usually don't go out that far," he said. "But he said, 'Yeah, I will take it.' It was just luck. For her, it was."

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Maybe slightly random compared to what other stories are here, but just thought it might ring a bell for some.

[Cipher]

Five points to anyone else who catches the hilarious dangling modifyer in the headline.

[Archon_Turtle]

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

I'm Telling!

[Lil G]

Originally Posted by triplexxx

Turner tried to look calm. "Have a nice day. Enjoy your food," he told the suspect, who tipped him $5 on a $37.69 bill.

He tipped the pizza man that was gonna have him arrested.

[gobo]

Aside from the creep getting out on bond, that's a very inspiring story. Rapists are the lowest of the low... aside from murderers, which it seems he intended to be that too.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Lil G

He tipped the pizza man that was gonna have him arrested.

Hooray! You have a basic acquaintence with irony!

And I'll just spell this out. When reading the headline, put the emphasis on "victim" instead of "rape."

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by Lil G

He tipped the pizza man that was gonna have him arrested.

And on top of that, he ordered pizza from an establishment where he was well known, AND he kept the woman in a place where she could reveal her presence to an outsider! Talk about a loser...

[gobo]

Ah, no. The place she worked at in Georgia was where he was "well-known", not the pizza place in Tennesse.

[BubblyShell22]

Wow. That guy is a hero in many respects. I'm happy this story turned out well, since so many other stories never end happily.

[Hamato Yoshi]

Remember , they're watching :

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[whitemonkey]

I guess he was hungry from the whole rape thing.
Wonder if he had hot wings?
Did he enjoy the food?

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by whitemonkey

I guess he was hungry from the whole rape thing.
Wonder if he had hot wings?
Did he enjoy the food?

Wonder how he'll like prison grub?

[whitemonkey]

Wonder if he can get a pizza guy to save him?

[Zachatello00]

Originally Posted by Type 97 Chi-ha

Wonder how he'll like prison grub?

Or prison rape, the bastard.

[whitemonkey]

yeah, a real S.O.B. with a damn good taste in food.

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by Zachatello00

Or prison rape, the bastard.

I don't know if he'll get that, unless he is considered weak. Rapists are not popular in prison.

[Bigfoot]

Yeah, jail sucks... But I guess being raped is no fun either...

[hadoolket]

i smell a wannabe noam chomsky