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Tales of Torture: Sex Slaves Case

Aired April 29, 2003 - 06:15   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: More girls and women have come forward with allegations of captivity and sexual abuse against a Syracuse, New York man.
As CNN's Jamie Colby reports, a teenager's tale of torture launched this investigation.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JAMIE COLBY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is John Jamelske, a 67-year-old retired handyman who police say is a serial rapist with a torture chamber under his house, where he kept his victims for periods ranging from two months to two years.

So far, Jamelske has been charged with kidnapping and raping only his latest alleged victim, a 16-year-old whose escape three weeks ago led to Jamelske's arrest. In a statement to the county sheriff, the teenager said...

KEVIN WALSH, ONONDAGA COUNTY SHERIFF: "I cried and I prayed every day of captivity. I never cried in front of him again after he slapped me so hard he injured my ear." She's still deaf in that ear. "I did everything he asked, hoping that he would release me."

COLBY: Two other teenagers and a woman in her mid-20s claimed Jamelske held them, too. And Monday, police said they've identified a fifth alleged victim, a woman in her 50s who claimed she was held for 10 months.

WALSH: She was raped and tortured in his dungeon, her phrase. And that occurred about five years ago.

COLBY: This woman, now 28, held two years ago, told her story to CNN affiliate WSTM.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I felt -- basically felt like an animal just rotting away, like some sex animal for his pleasure.

COLBY: The women told police they were forced to keep diaries of their physical activity.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was supposed to have sex with him every day. And if I didn't have sex with him every day, then that would add on to the time that I was...

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Aired April 29, 2003 - 06:15   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: More girls and women have come forward with allegations of captivity and sexual abuse against a Syracuse, New York man.
As CNN's Jamie Colby reports, a teenager's tale of torture launched this investigation.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JAMIE COLBY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is John Jamelske, a 67-year-old retired handyman who police say is a serial rapist with a torture chamber under his house, where he kept his victims for periods ranging from two months to two years.

So far, Jamelske has been charged with kidnapping and raping only his latest alleged victim, a 16-year-old whose escape three weeks ago led to Jamelske's arrest. In a statement to the county sheriff, the teenager said...

KEVIN WALSH, ONONDAGA COUNTY SHERIFF: "I cried and I prayed every day of captivity. I never cried in front of him again after he slapped me so hard he injured my ear." She's still deaf in that ear. "I did everything he asked, hoping that he would release me."

COLBY: Two other teenagers and a woman in her mid-20s claimed Jamelske held them, too. And Monday, police said they've identified a fifth alleged victim, a woman in her 50s who claimed she was held for 10 months.

WALSH: She was raped and tortured in his dungeon, her phrase. And that occurred about five years ago.

COLBY: This woman, now 28, held two years ago, told her story to CNN affiliate WSTM.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I felt -- basically felt like an animal just rotting away, like some sex animal for his pleasure.

COLBY: The women told police they were forced to keep diaries of their physical activity.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was supposed to have sex with him every day. And if I didn't have sex with him every day, then that would add on to the time that I was...

(END VIDEOTAPE)

(INTERRUPTED BY LIVE EVENT)

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