A Texas man, who allegedly kidnapped and tortured a woman he met on the Bumble dating app on December 24, was arrested on December 30. He is accused of keeping her locked up in his home for five days after she refused to have sex with him.

Zachary Kent Mills, 21, from Spring, Texas was arrested and charged with felony aggravated kidnapping after the woman escaped from his apartment. 

Court records filed in a Harris County District Court say that the unnamed woman told police that Mills abused, punched, and starved her for five days in his apartment.

The woman arranged a date with Mills on December 24 using the Bumble phone app. Mills picked her up at her house, and the two went to his apartment.

Mills tried to have sex with the woman, but she rebuked him causing him to allegedly assault her and he wouldn’t let her leave the apartment.

According to the woman, Mills hit her with his fist but when he got tired he hit her using a screwdriver handle.

The woman says she was not fed or given anything to drink the whole time she was kept captive.

The woman was able to get away when Mills left to go and visit his father. She gathered her clothes and went to a neighbor’s apartment and begged for help, at which point the police were called. Police said that they found the woman with severely bruised eyes, bite marks and cuts to her nose and throat, and most of her body had severe bruising. She identified her kidnapper to the police using his driver’s license photo.

Officer Mark Herman said that investigators determined that the woman was held captive from December 24 until she escaped on December 29. Police took her to a hospital, where she was treated for her injuries.

Police arrested Mills on Friday, December 30, and booked him into the Harris County Jail on Saturday, December 31 on a $50,000 bail. According to Officer Herman, police may bring additional charges against him after an investigation into the incident is completed.

The suspect was released on bail and is currently under house arrest. He was ordered to stay away from his victim.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the suspect’s lawyer, Chris Denuna, said that Mills did not have a criminal record and was not considered a flight risk.

Bumble blocked Mills from their app as soon as they heard the allegations against him, and are cooperating with the police.