Current Events > Man kidnaps woman. She compliments his orchids. He lets her go. Police get him

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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/austrian-athlete-freed-by-kidnapper-after-complimenting-his-orchids-2076339?amp=1&akamai-rum=off

Professional triathlete Nathalie Birli, 27, was struck by a car Tuesday and broke her arm while falling to the ground near Graz in southeastern Austria, the press reports said.

The driver then knocked her out with a piece of wood and took her to his isolated home.

When I regained consciousness, I was naked and tied up in an armchair in an old house," Birli told the Kronen Zeitung newspaper.

The man forced her to drink alcohol and tried to suffocate her and drown her in a bathtub filled with cold water, Birli said.

However she managed to placate the man by complimenting him on the many orchids growing in his home.

Though he was initially "filled with hate," the man suddenly became "nice to me" and confided that gardening was his passion before opening up about his troubled childhood, she said.

Finally, he agreed to let her go and even took her home, along with her bicycle, which had a GPS system installed in it.

Police used the GPS record to track down the man and arrest him at his house, they said.

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I hope he gets some mental help in prison.
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that dude is legit crazy

but he needs to be locked up for good
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I wonder how many other people he's done this to. If she's the first I am legitimately surprised
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If I saw it in a movie, I'd be like this is the dumbest shit I've ever seen who the fuck wrote this.
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shnangyboos posted...

If I saw it in a movie, I'd be like this is the dumbest shit I've ever seen who the fuck wrote this.

On the flipside, it could easily be a Criminal Minds plot where the female detective gets kidnapped and she uses her badass profiling powers to manipulate him into letting her go
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See, manners will get you far in life. Fucking learn some.

That's insane. That man does need at least 10 years in the slammer though.
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eston posted...

I wonder how many other people he's done this to. If she's the first I am legitimately surprised

I dont know. He seemed wildly unorganized. The piece of wood to the head to knock her out makes me wonder if it wasnt premeditated at all. I dont disagree with your reasoning, but I wouldnt be surprised either way.

As far as other crimes apart from kidnapping? Im sure he has a long history.

Blade_Trinity posted...

See, manners will get you far in life. Fucking learn some.

Don't victim blame
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Didn't read the topic but seems like fair next. If you steal 5 grand and replace it with 5 grand is that a crime?
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Evening_Dragon posted...

I hope he gets some mental help in prison.

Yeah so he can be released back into society some day and contribute by doing this all over again.

The one flaw in his plan was not making her pinky swear that she wouldn't tell the cops.
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EpicMickeyDrew posted...

Didn't read the topic but seems like fair next. If you steal 5 grand and replace it with 5 grand is that a crime?

?
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I hope they get him the help he needs.
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Will someone take care of the orchids?
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Lagfile posted...

Will someone take care of the orchids?

They saved this woman's life, give them to her.
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The plants were later destroyed.
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Alteres posted...

The plants were later destroyed.

i hope not, they are difficult to grow.
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Alteres posted...

The plants were later destroyed.

Plants save life.

Then get destroyed?

:(
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Alteres posted...

The plants were later destroyed.

Lmao...that got me.
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