Woman who escapes month-long captivity says other Black women killed by abductor

Missouri woman, 22, escapes less than a month after police dismissed concerns about a serial killer as completely unfounded'

A 22-year-old Black woman in Missouri who escaped after a white man abducted, tortured and held her captive for weeks in a basement has said several other Black women were killed by her captor - less than a month after police dismissed community concerns about a serial killer as completely unfounded".

The woman, who has not been named, escaped on 7 October after about a month in captivity, still wearing a metal collar locked with a padlock that authorities had to remove.