Today we will talk about Elizabeth Shoafbeth who saved herself from the kidnapper. In an attempt to save herself, Elizabeth Shoafbeth put out a message to the public. This incident happened when Elizabeth Shoafbeth had taken admission in high school. At the same time, Vinson Filyaw kidnapped her. Elizabeth Shoafbeth was sexually assaulted while being held captive in an underground bunker by Vinson Filyaw. For ten days following her captivity, Vinson Filyaw persisted in doing this with Elizabeth Shoafbeth. Elizabeth Shoafbeth managed to communicate with the authorities and her mother. Elizabeth Shoafbeth was released from her imprisonment because of her will to live and her strength in the face of unimaginable horror. Elizabeth Shoafbeth’s determination to stay alive and the power to face unspeakable evil freed her from this captivity. Let us know the whole story of Elizabeth Shoafbeth in detail.
Details of Elizabeth Shoafbeth’s life before kidnapping
Elizabeth Shoafbeth was raised in a South Carolina community with her parents and two siblings prior to the abduction.Only 7000 people lived in her village. On the inside, a row of trees encircled Elizabeth Shoaf’s home.A large path led from Elizabeth Shoaf’s house to the woods.
Elizabeth Shoafbeth was a ninth-grader in high school and the middle daughter of her parents.. At this time Elizabeth Shoaf had started dating a boyfriend. She was then abducted by Vinson Filyaw.
Vinson Filyaw kidnapped Elizabeth Shoaf and imprisoned her in a bunker
One day Vinson Filyaw approached Elizabeth Shoaf about half an acre away from her house. Elizabeth Shoaf says in her interview that on the day she was kidnapped she was walking down her driveway and she heard a sound from the leaves on her right. Vinson Filyaw, who was from the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Department, informed Elizabeth Shoaf that he was there to arrest her as she glanced in that direction.
Madeleine receives a message from Elizabeth Shoaf
Madeleine gets a message from an unidentified number one day. That message stated that her daughter was in a challenging circumstance.Madeline was shocked to receive this message and said that this is the one we were looking for. Lizzie’s name was used in this message. After this Madeline showed this message to the police officers and they traced that number in Charm Hill and found that the number was of Vincent whom they were looking for since last one year.
After this, Vincent came to know that a message was sent to someone from his phone, he got very angry and quickly took Elizabeth Shoaf to another place and then imprisoned her in the bunker. When the police reached the first bunker, they did not find Elizabeth Shoaf there. But the police were very surprised to see that bunker. There was a lot of dirt there and many things related to sexual harassment were lying there. The police were very stunned to see this.
Elizabeth Shoaf convinced Vinson Filyaw to leave the bunker
After some time Vinson Filyaw started misbehaving with Elizabeth Shoaf again. Elizabeth Shoaf came to know in the bunker that the police are now investigating her case. Now Elizabeth Shoaf very carefully sent a message to her mother through phone in such a way that Vinson Filyaw could not find it.
Because it had previously been impossible for the police to establish that Elizabeth Shoaf had communicated with her mother from her house. When the police again started hovering over her house in their helicopter, Elizabeth Shoaf explained to Vinson Filyaw that now he needed to run away from there. Vinson Filyaw concurred that it would be preferable for him to flee from that place in this manner.When the sound of the helicopter subsided at night, he ran away from there and left Elizabeth Shoaf in the same bunker.
After his escape, Elizabeth Shoafbeth came out of the bunker but she did not know where to go next. After this, Elizabeth Shoafbeth started shouting loudly so that someone could hear her voice and help her to go home from there. Elizabeth Shoafbeth had been captured by Vinson Filyaw in a thick woodland. Ten days after Vinson Filyaw’s escape, Elizabeth Shoafbeth was visited by police. During these ten days, Elizabeth Shoafbeth continued to wander through that thick jungle.
The police took 14-year-old Elizabeth Shoafbeth out of the forest and brought her home. Elizabeth Shoafbeth had previously been escorted to a neighboring hospital by the police. Elizabeth Shoafbeth’s parents had also reached there. Elizabeth Shoafbeth was crying a lot as her mother approached her. According to Elizabeth Shoafbeth’s mother, she will always remember this particular time throughout her life.
Vinson Filyaw was taken into custody by the police while Elizabeth Shoafbeth was in the hospital getting better. He already had many cases of sexual assault and kidnapping registered against him. After some time, Vinson Filyaw’s mother was also arrested because she had helped her runaway son hide and abet his crimes. Elizabeth Shoaf was attempting to heal from her emotional and physical injuries when Vinson Filyaw was being questioned by the police. She was in a lot of shock after this incident. She used to remember and cry about the abuse done to her every day. She was being assisted by her parents in forgetting all of this. When Elizabeth Shoaf had balanced all these things in her life, she testified against Vinson Filyaw in the court and helped the law to convict him. After this, all the charges against Vinson Filyaw were proved and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Elizabeth Shoaf started feeling good after getting the right justice for herself.