Audrain County man accused of kidnapping woman on Saturday morning

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An Audrain County man has been charged with a felony and multiple misdemeanors after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in Mexico, Missouri, on Saturday morning.

Nathan Sommer, 40, was charged with first-degree harassment and three misdemeanors: Third-degree kidnapping, fourth-degree assault and second-degree sexual misconduct. A hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Audrain County Courthouse.

The probable cause statement says that a woman was at a gas station around 1 a.m. Saturday and Sommer asked her for a cigarette and began talking to her. Sommer allegedly told her that he lost his phone and asked her to call it in order to find it in his car. But, the phone rang while it was in his pocket, the statement says. The victim does not know Sommer, court documents say.

Sommer then allegedly grabbed the woman’s bike, threw it in his car and forced her into the vehicle, as well, court documents say. Sommer allegedly referred to the victim by several names, threatened to assault her multiple times and demanded she perform sex acts, the statement says.

Sommer allegedly drove the vehicle into the county and back into Mexico for about an hour and the victim got away with her bike after he briefly stopped, court documents say.

The victim ran behind a building and called her boyfriend to pick her up while Sommer yelled for and looked for the victim, court documents say.

Police were then called and arrested Sommer at the same area where the victim was taken, the statement says. Video allegedly shows Sommer’s vehicle in the area where he first talked to the victim and then take off for a period of time before returning, the statement says.

Court documents also say that police saw tire marks from the victim’s bike in Sommer’s vehicle.