Woman Kidnapped and Held for Weeks Escapes From Captor Halfway Across the Country

James Scott Smith was arrested in Stuart, Iowa, for allegely kidnapping a woman in Pennsylvania and holding her captive in his semi-truck. Adair County Jail

A woman who was abducted in July from a truck stop in Pennsylvania was found in Iowa after she escaped from her captor.

Amber Garrison, of Smyrna, New York, called 911 from Casey’s Store in the small town of Stuart and told responding police officers that she was kidnapped from a truck stop in mid-July and was held by the truck driver who kidnapped her until she escaped on Aug. 31.