A Quincy man is in custody after officials said he kidnapped a woman at the MBTAs Red Line station on Saturday, subjecting her to hours of sexual abuse before she was left in a mall parking lot in Brockton.
The victim, said by authorities to be in her 60s, was on her way to work at around 7 a.m. when the man found and kidnapped her, prosecutors from the Norfolk District Attorneys office told news outlets on Monday.
Christian Lynch, 26, was arraigned at Quincy District Court on several charges, including rape, kidnapping, strangulation, and assault and battery, according to the Boston Globe. Norfolk District Attorney spokesperson David Traub said to the Globe that an investigation led by MBTA police remains ongoing.
Lynch allegedly took her to an apartment on East Elm Avenue, where she was repeatedly strangled and sexually assaulted for hours, according to Boston 25 News. By 6 p.m., Lynch drove away with the victim, the DAs office said.
It is alleged that she was held there all day, repeatedly assaulted, and eventually transported to a parking area near the Lowes home improvement store in Brockton and left there, still restrained, the district attorneys office said to CBS News Boston.
The victim flagged down passersby who then contacted police. She was then transported to Good Samaritan Hospital.
The Globe also reported that Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey spoke with Quincy state Representative Tackey Chan about whether or not Lynch committed a hate crime. Prior to abducting the victim, who is Asian, Lynch attempted to kidnap another Asian woman about 10 minutes earlier at the same MBTA station.
I think the DA is trying to figure out what this guy was looking to do, Chan told the Globe on Monday. If he looks specifically for Asian women, then we have an argument for a hate crime charge, and that may still occur depending on how the facts play out.
Using surveillance footage, Quincy police found Lynch in his car and placed him under arrest, NBC 10 Boston reported.
Lynch pled not guilty and was held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Nov. 23.