Woman abducted while walking to her car and sexually assaulted, Kansas sheriff says

Two men have been arrested after a woman was abducted while walking to her car then sexually assaulted, a southeast Kansas sheriff said.

Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves said in a news release that a woman was walking to her car late Sunday night when she was abducted. Two men wearing masks grabbed her and forced her into a vehicle, where they brandished a gun and threatened her.

The men covered her eyes with duct tape and sexually assaulted her, the sheriff said. The attack continued across the state border into Missouri, where the victim was eventually released.

“This was an incredibly violent situation where the victim was acquainted with the suspects and able to provide important and timely details to investigators,” Groves said.

The suspects were identified and arrested. Zaqouri Traves Archer, 31, of Joplin, Missouri, was arrested by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. He faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated intimidation of a witness and theft. He is being held in the Jasper County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond.

The other suspect, Jeffrey David Marsh, 32, of Oronogo, was arrested in Creek County, Oklahoma. He faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated intimidation of a witness, felon in possession of a firearm, criminal threat and theft. His bond was set at $300,000.