Timothy Haslett Jr. Charged with Homicide, Allegedly Mentioned There Are Different Victims

A Missouri man accused of sexually assaulting and kidnapping a girl who fled captivity and went door to door in search of assistance is now charged with homicide — and he allegedly confessed to having extra victims, authorities mentioned.

At a press convention streamed by KMBC-TV on Tuesday, July 9, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson introduced that Timothy Haslett Jr. was indicted by a grand jury on 10 felony counts together with first-degree homicide in reference to the dying of Jaynie Crosdale.

The homicide cost comes along with the 9 expenses Haslett is already going through, which embody rape, sodomy, kidnapping, assault and endangering the welfare of a kid, in response to Thompson.

Whereas it’s unclear if he has entered a plea to the fees, Thompson mentioned Haslett is being held on a $5 million bond. PEOPLE reached out to a public defender beforehand listed as Haslett’s legal professional however didn’t instantly hear again.

An investigation into Haslett started on Oct. 7, 2022, when a girl escaped captivity from his Excelsior Springs, Mo., basement, Thompson alleged. 

Authorities mentioned the lady, whose identification has not been publicly launched, went door to door in Haslett’s suburban neighborhood carrying a canine collar and screaming for assist, PEOPLE beforehand reported. She ran to a neighbor’s residence and claimed a person held her in opposition to her will for a number of weeks in his basement and sexually assaulted her on quite a few events.

The alleged sufferer had seen bruises on her physique, neighbors instructed KCTV5. Neighbor Ciara Tharp mentioned her grandmother let the lady inside her residence whereas one other neighbor referred to as the police. 

Tharp additionally instructed KCTV5 that the sufferer “made the remark that he ‘killed my pals.’ They did not make it. ‘He killed my pals.’ She simply saved repeating it.”

In keeping with courtroom paperwork cited by KHSB and NBC Information, the unidentified lady claimed Haslett instructed her he killed two different ladies he’d held captive.

Nevertheless, Thompson mentioned on the press convention that “at the moment’s expenses symbolize every thing we are able to cost with the obtainable proof,” noting that the homicide cost in opposition to Haslett is just associated to Crosdale’s dying. 

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In keeping with Thompson, authorities suspect Haslett killed Crosdale someday between June 6, 2022 and Oct. 7, 2022. He mentioned her stays have been discovered inside a barrel, and that she appeared to have been shot.

Authorities mentioned the invention was made close to the Waverly Port Entry on June 24, 2023, in response to a possible trigger assertion obtained by KBMC-TV. She was final heard from by a member of the family in September 2022 and was reported lacking in January 2023, per the assertion.

Thompson mentioned on the press convention that Haslett and Crosdale probably met as a part of Crosdale’s “business intercourse work.”

“Over 100,000 photograph and video information have been obtained and investigators have been spending numerous hours reviewing them for related proof,” Thompson mentioned on the press convention.

“At present’s indictment represents the subsequent step in our pursuit of justice for the victims, the households and our group,” he added. “Bodily, psychological and sexual torture described by the defendant’s surviving sufferer is brutal and barbaric.”