Cops: Kidnapper led woman through the woods on a leash

WASILLA — A Wasilla man allegedly kidnapped a woman for the second time in less than six months, then led her through some woods with a dog leash around her neck before eventually turning himself in, authorities said.

Jordan King, 23, of Wasilla was in Mat-Su Pretrial Monday morning after allegedly kidnapping Shawna Robb, 40, of Wasilla outside her residence in the Fairview Loop area at around 4 a.m. Saturday. King and Robb arrived at the Alaska State Troopers Mat-Su West post Saturday at around 5:15 p.m. Saturday after a lengthy search of the area.

King attempted to kidnap and rape Robb on Dec. 21, according to a trooper affidavit written by Sgt. Michael Henry. Part of the conditions for King’s release was a no-contact order with Robb.

Troopers first received a report that King had fled from his court-appointed custodian at about 8:20 p.m. Friday. The next morning, a 17-year-old girl called troopers to say King was outside Robb’s residence, and was pinning Robb against her vehicle and Robb was screaming. Troopers ultimately concluded King had kidnapped Robb in her vehicle, Henry wrote.

Notifications went out to the public to try and help locate King and Robb early Saturday morning.

A resident called troopers about 8 a.m. Saturday to report the pickup was in a vacant lot on Copper Spike Street, covered by a tarp. Troopers didn’t find King or Robb, but did find bloodstains on the inside and outside of the vehicle, and a knife on the front passenger seat. A search of the immediate area using ground searchers and a public safety helicopter turned up nothing, troopers said.

About 5:15 p.m., Wesley Smith, a friend of King, called troopers to say he had taken King and Robb to the Mat Su West trooper post. Both King and Robb were transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries. According to troopers, King had a cut to his neck and hand. Robb had a black eye, cuts on the palms of her hands, a severe cut on her left thigh that would likely require stitches, bruising on her arms and wrists, and swelling around her neck.

Robb told police she went outside to start the car to go to work when King ambushed her with a knife. He drove her around, eventually stopping at Copper Spike Street. When the truck stopped, Robb fought King in a bid for freedom, Henry wrote.

“Robb told (Trooper Ron) Hayes the cut to King’s neck was from when she ‘tried to cut his head off’ when she was trying to escape from King,” Henry wrote.

After the fight, King covered the truck with a tarp, and led Robb to a nearby supply stash, and then into the surrounding woods. King kept Robb restrained by putting a dog leash around her neck and by tying her arms together with string, and covering her mouth with duct tape. As they walked through the woods, King had a spray bottle full of ammonia he used to try to cover their scent, Robb told investigators.

“Robb said King was walking her back into the woods, and she was afraid if she couldn’t talk her way into getting away from him, she was afraid he was going to kill her,” Henry wrote.

King was irate, Robb told troopers.

“King was questioning her and was upset about how she had reported to the police the last time he kidnapped her,” Henry wrote.

After several hours in the woods, they emerged onto a road Robb identified as King Arthur Drive. A passing vehicle turned out to contain King’s brother and Smith, who were out looking for King and Robb.

While still in the hospital, Robb received two phone calls from King, one at 9:38 p.m. and the other at 9:42 p.m., according to Henry.

King declined to speak about the case with investigators, Henry wrote.

Bail had not yet been set in the case, according to court documents. King faces counts of kidnapping, first-degree assault, third-degree assault, first-degree vehicle theft, and two counts of violating the conditions of his release for the previous kidnapping, according to court documents

Contact reporter Brian O’Connor at 352-2270, brian.oconnor@frontiersman.com or on Twitter @reporterbriano.