A 66-year-old Baytown woman was found in Magnolia on July 12 after being kidnapped and beaten.

Kevin Maurice Bigelow, 47, of Magnolia has been charged with Aggravated Kidnapping/Injury to the Elderly.

Early on July 12, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a residence on Baltic Avenue in Magnolia. When deputies arrived they found a 66-year-old woman who had freed herself from being bound with tape and walked to a nearby home for help.

The resident at the home told deputies that he was awaken at around 4:45 a.m. by a knock on his front door and found the victim. The homeowner immediately called 911 for help.

During the investigation, Montgomery County Major Crimes investigators learned that the victim had met the suspect at a restaurant in South Montgomery County on Saturday, July 11 around 1 p.m. to discuss the remodeling of a home. After lunch the victim rode with the suspect to his home on Baltic Avenue in Magnolia to see color samples and fixtures.

The victim told investigators that once inside the home the suspect grabbed her from behind, choking her to unconsciousness. When the victim awoke she found that she was in a shed and was bound with tape and wrapped in a tarpaulin. She was able to free herself and make her way to a neighbor’s home for help. The victim was seriously injured with bruising on her head, neck, arms, legs, and shoulders. She was taken to Hermann Hospital in downtown Houston for treatment.

Major Crime and Crime Scene investigators worked throughout the day and night searching for evidence, conducting interviews, obtaining an arrest warrant and locating and arresting the suspect.

The suspect was arrested without incident with help from the U.S. Marshals Office and the Montgomery County SWAT Team inside an apartment at the Woodwind Forest Apartments on Budde Road in The Woodlands.

The investigation is continuing and other arrests are not anticipated.

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