U.S. v. JONASSEN

No. 13-1410.

759 F.3d 653 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin J. JONASSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Hollar , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kate E. Gehl , Attorney, Thomas L. Shriner, Jr. , Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Martin Jonassen kidnapped his 21-year-old daughter E.J.1 from her home in Missouri and took her to a motel in Indiana, where he held her against her will and sexually assaulted her. On the third day of her captivity, E.J. managed to escape and was seen fleeing naked from the motel, rope still tied around her leg, desperately screaming for help. Jonassen chased her through the street and into a nearby liquor store...

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