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Keith Karnatz, 23, of Grand Rapids, who had been missing since Friday,
was found in a Saratoga residence -- hours after investigators called
off the search.
Karnatz's discovery came after volunteers from more than 20 emergency
agencies helped search an area that stretched from Wisconsin Rapids to
Karnatz's Grand Rapids residence during a period of three days. On
Tuesday, the search for Karnatz continued until 4:30 p.m., when Grand
Rapids Fire Chief Scott Bernette told volunteers the search was over.
He said volunteers had searched all the designated areas.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,379285,00.html
Wisconsin Man Accused of Chaining and Sexually Assaulting 2 Men
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wisconsin ?
A 46-year-old man abducted two men in their 20s, chained them up at
his rural house and sexually assaulted them before one managed to
escape and get help, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Edward Lanphear, 46, was ordered held on $1 million bond, but court
records online did not show charges filed against him as of Wednesday
evening. The Wood County jail confirmed he remained in custody but
would not release any attorney information for him.
A 23-year-old man was held in Lanphear's home from Saturday until
Tuesday, according to an affidavit filed by sheriff's investigators
seeking support for Lanphear's arrest. The young man had told friends
Friday that he was going to walk home after a fireworks show, the
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune reported.
Lanphear was driving the man home when he pulled over, told him he was
a police officer and handcuffed him, the affidavit said.
When one of the handcuffs became loose, Lanphear hit the man in the
head and knocked him out, the document said. When the man revived, he
was chained up in Lanphear's basement.
The affidavit said Lanphear used a knife to cut off the man's clothing
and sexually assaulted him at least three times while he was
restrained.
The document says Lanphear attached a string to a shotgun and
connected the string to the man's chains, warning him that if he moved
the gun would shoot him, the affidavit says.
Another affidavit says that sometime Sunday or Monday a 21-year-old
man got drunk at a Wisconsin Rapids bar and passed out in his car,
then later woke up naked and hanging in Lanphear's garage by locked
chains.
He told authorities Lanphear hit him with a metal pipe and sexually
assaulted him. His hands were bound by chains and flex cuffs, and he
was blindfolded, the affidavit says.
The man somehow escaped and fled, still wearing chains, to a house
across the street, where people there called police. Officers who went
to the scene found the 23-year-old in the basement.
The 23-year-old was taken to a hospital and treated for injuries, but
the affidavits don't give information about medical treatment of the
other man.
The 21-year-old man identified his captor, saying Lanphear frequented
the same Wisconsin Rapids bar, the documents said.
was found in a Saratoga residence -- hours after investigators called
off the search.
Karnatz's discovery came after volunteers from more than 20 emergency
agencies helped search an area that stretched from Wisconsin Rapids to
Karnatz's Grand Rapids residence during a period of three days. On
Tuesday, the search for Karnatz continued until 4:30 p.m., when Grand
Rapids Fire Chief Scott Bernette told volunteers the search was over.
He said volunteers had searched all the designated areas.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,379285,00.html
Wisconsin Man Accused of Chaining and Sexually Assaulting 2 Men
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wisconsin ?
A 46-year-old man abducted two men in their 20s, chained them up at
his rural house and sexually assaulted them before one managed to
escape and get help, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Edward Lanphear, 46, was ordered held on $1 million bond, but court
records online did not show charges filed against him as of Wednesday
evening. The Wood County jail confirmed he remained in custody but
would not release any attorney information for him.
A 23-year-old man was held in Lanphear's home from Saturday until
Tuesday, according to an affidavit filed by sheriff's investigators
seeking support for Lanphear's arrest. The young man had told friends
Friday that he was going to walk home after a fireworks show, the
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune reported.
Lanphear was driving the man home when he pulled over, told him he was
a police officer and handcuffed him, the affidavit said.
When one of the handcuffs became loose, Lanphear hit the man in the
head and knocked him out, the document said. When the man revived, he
was chained up in Lanphear's basement.
The affidavit said Lanphear used a knife to cut off the man's clothing
and sexually assaulted him at least three times while he was
restrained.
The document says Lanphear attached a string to a shotgun and
connected the string to the man's chains, warning him that if he moved
the gun would shoot him, the affidavit says.
Another affidavit says that sometime Sunday or Monday a 21-year-old
man got drunk at a Wisconsin Rapids bar and passed out in his car,
then later woke up naked and hanging in Lanphear's garage by locked
chains.
He told authorities Lanphear hit him with a metal pipe and sexually
assaulted him. His hands were bound by chains and flex cuffs, and he
was blindfolded, the affidavit says.
The man somehow escaped and fled, still wearing chains, to a house
across the street, where people there called police. Officers who went
to the scene found the 23-year-old in the basement.
The 23-year-old was taken to a hospital and treated for injuries, but
the affidavits don't give information about medical treatment of the
other man.
The 21-year-old man identified his captor, saying Lanphear frequented
the same Wisconsin Rapids bar, the documents said.
The majority of rape victims know their rapist. So...stay away from rapists. It helps. 
