Rape, Kidnap Victim Signals To Hotel Clerk For Help; Gets Rescued By Police

Police in Hamilton County, Ohio, were able to rescue an alleged kidnap and rape victim after she used "body language" to signal to hotel staff that something was wrong, authorities and court documents said.

Officers were dispatched to the Quality Inn on Pfeiffer Road in Blue Ash, Ohio, after a desk attendant called 911 and requested a welfare check, WCPO 9 reported, citing a press release and an affidavit filed in Hamilton County Municipal Court.

The staff member had seen a man and woman together at the hotel and noticed that the latter looked unwell, according to the outlet. When the clerk asked the woman discretely if she was alright, the woman indicated that something was wrong using "body language," the release said.

"She was kind of shaking a little bit and seemed very nervous," the desk attendant told Blue Ash dispatch, according to a 911 audio recording from the Blue Ash Police Department.

The clerk said she was short enough that the man couldn't see her and was able to mouth, "Do you need help?" to the alleged victim, which prompted the woman to nod and blink her eyes.

Additionally, the woman had turned and nodded her head yes when she was walking away from the desk with the man in front of her, the clerk claimed.

"I just want to make sure she's OK," the desk attendant explained in the call.

Police later arrived at the woman's hotel room and questioned Onjre Damon George, who answered the door.

George allegedly attempted to flee authorities by trying to jump through the room's sixth-story window, but he "bounced off the reinforced glass and was taken into custody," the press release said.

George was charged with assault, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape.

The incident was not a "random kidnapping" as the "victim and the suspect were known to each other," Blue Ash Police Department chief Scott Noel was quoted as saying in the press release.

The current condition of the alleged victim is unclear.

A similar incident happened earlier this month when a missing 16-year-old girl from Asheville, North Carolina, was recovered from the car of an elderly man after a driver on I-75 saw her use a popular TikTok hand signal that indicates someone was at risk of abuse and needed help.

The man who was with the girl, James Herbert Brick, 61, was arrested and charged with unlawful imprisonment. The Cherokee, North Carolina, resident also faced a child pornography charge due to images found on his phone.

Brick was later indicted on kidnapping, according to police.