Good Samaritan helps woman escape alleged kidnapping

A security expert is weighing in after Round Rock police say a good Samaritan stepped in at a gas station to rescue a woman held against her will for over 24 hours. Fox 7 Austin's Jenna King has the story. She was afraid he was going to see her. She said, can you help me? And I said, absolutely. And she goes, call 911. A desperate cry for help, one woman experienced at the Refuel gas station on East Palm Valley Boulevard Saturday night. She opened the door when I was coming back. She was scared to death. She just barely opened it. the woman inside a pickup truck flagging a good samaritan down for help she asked for her to take a picture of the truck and call police we don't know the level of aggression that this person or violence that they've already inflicted on the individual and so um i think that she did the best that she could when officers arrived the woman told them her partner had been driving her around central texas for more than 24 hours holding her against her will and repeatedly threatening to kill her she refers to the the suspect as her partner this individual was uh you know the partner who obviously there was a domestic violence incident that occurred officers capturing the man being arrested on body camera all right behind your back you are detained why am i being detained we're investigating family violence we have an allegation that you assaulted your female passenger. A lot of individuals who are in these scenarios don't speak out to friends or family because when they do that, in the moment they believe that they're seeking advice and guidance, but then emotions calm down, they start becoming more forgiving, they bring this person back into their life, and then it creates a problem. Michael Matrenga is a former Secret service agent and CEO of a security consulting firm. He says if you find yourself in a situation like this, it's worth the risk to seek help letting someone know what your situation is, whether that's verbal or nonverbal, because that may be your only opportunity. If you see something you think is wrong, he says it's important to act to help someone else. Put yourself in that situation, put your child in that situation, your family member in that situation. Would you want someone to intervene. I believe that this woman who intervened more than likely saved the victim from a minimum of a violent attack, if not death. That man identified as 29-year-old Zachary Allen Jaws Gorey of Pflugerville. He was taken into custody and is now charged with aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony. Jenna King, Fox 7 Austin News.