This is the moment a kidnap victim escapes from the trunk of her captor’s car when he stops at a gas station.
The man broke into her home in the dead of night before strangling her and demanding money, police said.
Timothy Wyatt, 36, is accused taking the victim from her house in Autauga County, Alabama, in the early hours of Monday morning.
This is the moment a kidnap victim escapes from the trunk of her captor’s car when he stops at a gas station in Alabama, USA
He reportedly tired her hands behind her back and pulled the victim out of the property and into the boot of his blue Ford Taurus.
In shocking CCTV footage, the car can be seen pulling into a petrol station forecourt before Wyatt gets out and walks into the shop entrance.
Seconds later, the victim managed to pop open the boot with a lever inside.
She is caught on the camera emerging from the trunk and climbs out, running towards the open shop.
Inside the store, Wyatt can be seen confidently walking up to the till when the victim, a white female with brown hair, rushes past.
Appearing to realise he may be in trouble, Wyatt starts to run too – but heads instead for the direction of the car.
In shocking CCTV footage, the car can be seen pulling into a petrol station forecourt before Wyatt gets out and walks into the shop entrance (pictured)
Local news site 12WSFA reports Wyatt was arrested in connection with the case last night.
According to Chilton County Sheriff John Shearon, Timothy Jabbar Wyatt, 36, was taken into custody yesterday.
Currently, Wyatt is in the Chilton County Jail charged with possession of marijuana second-degree.
Police found a person sleeping inside the old trade school building and he was later identified as Wyatt, was taken into custody.
The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office began searching for Wyatt after an incident early Monday morning.
A victim reported that while she was sleeping a man began choking her and demanding money. The suspect, identified as Wyatt, then allegedly tied the victim’s hands and put her into the trunk of a blue Ford Taurus.
Wyatt stopped at a gas station on Seventh Street South in Clanton. When he walked inside, the victim popped the trunk and made her escape. Surveillance video shows the victim running inside the same gas station to the attendant. Wyatt sees her and makes a fast break to the car, speeding away.
Wyatt was out on bond in Chilton County for the charge of possession of marijuana, a felony, when the kidnapping incident occurred. Court records showed he was arrested in April for attempted murder, sodomy first-degree, and robbery third-degree.