What We Know About The Man Accused Of The Kidnapping In Oregon

May 2024 · 2 minute read

As the Associated Press reports, Negasi Zuberi carefully planned the Seattle abduction in what he called "Operation Take Over," based on handwritten notes discovered in Zuberi's Klamath Falls residence. In those notes, Zuberi wrote he would abduct a sex worker — or a woman who might not be missed or whose disappearance might not be investigated, according to the FBI. Those notes also included sketches of the cinder block dungeon in which the kidnapped Seattle woman was kept captive. The door was positioned in such a manner to only be opened from the outside.

Referred to as "Adult Victim 1" by the authorities as of this report, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Stephanie Shark of the FBI Portland Field Office said the kidnapped woman "beat the door with her hands until they were bloody in order to break free. Her quick thinking and will to survive may have saved other women from a similar nightmare." "While she may have helped protect future victims, sadly we have now linked Zuberi to additional violent sexual assaults in at least four states, and there could be more," Shark added in an FBI statement.

As well as sexual assault, in the past Zuberi also allegedly physically assaulted the mother of his children, among other individuals, and failed to comply with a former landlord seeking to evict him, USA Today reported. In at least one separate incident, he posed as a police officer,  authorities say.

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qL7Up56eZpOkunB9km5vanFoZLums8CsoGaypZeys7WMsJ%2BarF2ssm63zaiuZpmTmMK0scNmoqKcnpa9sbXNoGSoqpWcvK97