WASHINGTON — More than five years after a woman was kidnapped, robbed and raped multiple times by a complete stranger, the man responsible has been found guilty.
(Editor's Note: Some of the details in the story are disturbing, read with caution)
According to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 34-year-old Mark A. Blue was found guilty by a jury of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping while armed, robbery while armed, and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse while armed.
The conviction is in connection to an attack on the woman on Dec. 3, 2018.
According to court documents, Blue and a co-conspirator targeted the victim as she was walking home from a Prince George's County bus stop. Blue forced the woman into a car, threatened to kill her and then covered her eyes with her shirt so she would not be able to see.
Blue then sexually assaulted the woman before driving to Southeast D.C., where he forced her to give him her ATM information. The co-conspirator then drained the woman's bank account of every cent as Blue assaulted her again.
Blue then drove the victim to an alley, where both he and his co-conspirator sexually assaulted the woman before leaving her naked in an alley, with her shirt covering her head.
Part of the night was caught by surveillance cameras and ATM cameras.
At the time, Blue was on supervised release for a 2013 armed robbery conviction. After the attack, the co-conspirator, Nick Savor, turned himself in to police. Blue, however, quit his job and fled to North Carolina. He was found after someone saw Blue's mugshot on the news and called police.
Blue was arrested on Jan. 29, 2019, in North Carolina and has remained in custody ever since. Blue will be sentenced on June 14, 2024.
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