The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office alleges that Ronnell Agee kept knives near his bed and threatened to harm the girl's family during the captivity. According to The Independent - World, Lisa Coyle from the prosecutor's office described how the windows in the home were boarded up and there were no doorknobs on the door, preventing the girl from leaving. Agee released the girl after he saw that she was posted as a missing person on social media, Coyle said.
Investigators have confirmed that Agee and the girl did not know each other prior to the incident, according to Fox 2. Police have yet to reveal the events that led to the girl being taken to his home, and the teenager left her home on her own prior to meeting Agee. Agee was recently released on bond after being accused of pointing a gun at his wife and threatening to kill her in a separate incident, according to multiple reports.
She couldn't leave because the windows were boarded up and there were no doorknobs on the door. The defendant finally let her leave when he saw that she was posted as a missing person on social media.
He has previous convictions and a diagnosed mental illness, although he denied this in court, a Fox affiliate reported. Agee has been charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of kidnapping, four counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of delivery of a controlled substance to a minor, and one count of harboring a runaway, according to multiple reports.