Man charged with kidnapping after being accused of running car off road, stabbing woman
By Kari Barrows
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MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A 45-year-old man faces felony charges, including kidnapping, after being accused of running a driver off the road in McDowell County and stabbing them.
The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office says on the night of Friday, Aug. 18, deputies responded to the intersection of Breezy Hill Drive and Bat Cave Road for a domestic occurring on the highway.
Once on scene, they observed a vehicle down the embankment being held by trees with no passengers in it.
The caller had told authorities that he was on the phone with the driver when she was run off the road by someone, the sheriff’s office says.
Deputies searched the area for the suspect’s vehicle but were unable to locate it.
The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Robert Andrew Higgins, was arrested a short time later by officers from the Asheville Police Department.
The female victim, who had sustained multiple stab wounds, was located at Mission Hospital, officials say.
Higgins was charged with felonious second-degree kidnapping and felonious assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
He was issued a $500,000 secured bond.
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