- The deputy was abducted from the parking lot of the county jail in Olathe, Kansas at around 11.30pm on Friday
- She did not know her abductors and was not in uniform at the time
- The woman, in her 20s, was released two hours later in Lee's Summit
- Authorities released surveillance footage of the dark blue Mazda believed to have been used in the abduction
- Two men, William Luth, 24, and Brady Newman-Caddell, 21, have been charged rape, sodomy and kidnapping
- Authorities say they have'good information Luth and Newman-Caddell have attacked others, and they are asking victims to come forward.
Authorities believe two Kansas City-area men charged with kidnapping and raping a sheriff's deputy have attacked others, a prosecutor revealed Wednesday.
William Luth, 24, of Blue Springs, Missouri, and Brady Newman-Caddell, 21, of Independence, Missouri, have been arrested and charged with rape, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sodomy in connection to last week's attack on a female deputy with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.
The men were being held Wednesday on $1million bond each. They are due back in court October 20.
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The accused William(left) and Brady(right).
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Steve Howe, the district attorney in Johnson County, Kansas, said he hopes more victims will come forward now, saying they have 'good information' that the jailed duo had preyed on others before targeting the deputy, reported The Kansas City Star.
'We know there are other victim or victims,' Howe said at a press conference Wednesday.
He declined to divulge any additional details related to this case, citing strict state laws.
It was a tip from the public that reportedly led to the whereabouts of the suspects, according to Fox News 13.
The sheriff's office said it had located the vehicle it believed was involved in the incident, which was registered to Luth's wife.
Luth also has a young child and his Facebook page says he studied at Full Sail University, in Orange County, Florida.
Newman-Caddell's Facebook page says he works at Texas Roadhouse, a steak restaurant.
Police say the pair followed the victim, who is a deputy sheriff and in her early 20s, from a QuikTrip market at East Santa Fe and South Ridgeview to the county jail parking lot at 101 N. Kansas Avenue in Olathe and then kidnapped her about 11.30pm on Friday.
The victim, who had been on the job about six months, was in civilian clothing and on her way to work. She was abducted while getting out of her car in the booking facility's parking lot and blindfolded, according to KCTV5.
Authorities have said that after the deputy was forced into the car, her eyes were covered with a sweatshirt and she was driven around while being sexually assaulted.
She was released about two hours later, at around 1.15am, near Interstate 470 in the Kansas City suburb of Lee's Summit, Missouri, with her assailants instructing her to keep her head covered before they drove off.
She staggered until she saw the lights of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office in Lee's Summit.
DNA evidence has been submitted to a crime lab for testing, investigators said.
Authorities believe the suspects did not know the victim, but had planned the attack.
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