Missourian accused of holding, torturing woman for 2 days

LATHROP, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a man who was recently released from prison has been charged with kidnapping and other felonies after he tortured a woman he met on a dating site for two days at his father’s home in northwestern Missouri.

Television station WDAF reports that Clinton County sheriff’s deputies arrested 39-year-old James Larson Jr. following a standoff Saturday at a home in Lathrop.

Deputies say they found Larson hiding inside a false wall. Authorities say the standoff began when a Kansas City woman escaped from the home and called 911 from a neighboring house.

Officials say the woman had been severely beaten and was hospitalized in critical condition.