Arrest made after kidnapped woman was stripped, injected with heroin, pushed off bridge

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, N.M. (KCBD) - An arrest has been made after a New Mexico woman was beaten, stripped of her clothing, blindfolded, injected with heroin and pushed off a bridge.

The New Mexico State Police were called to investigate the kidnapping that happened in Espanola, New Mexico, on Feb. 29, 2020. They were called to a house around 2 a.m.

During the investigation, agents learned the female was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced into the front passenger seat of a vehicle.

Once inside the vehicle, the female victim was struck numerous times by a man now identified as Brenton Rael, 44, of Petaca, New Mexico, according to a news release. The victim was also strangled by an unidentified female who was with Rael.

The report shows the female victim also had her eyes taped shut and covered by a bandanna. She was driven to a residence in El Duende where her clothing was removed, and she was saturated with Clorox bleach. The female victim was injected with heroin and driven to a bridge off US Highway 74, where she was pushed off the bridge into the river.

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