(WOIO screenshot) Dalontay R. Edmond-Geiger (Cuyahoga County Detention Center) and the residence where he abducted and stabbed a 60-year-old woman.
A 31-year-old Ohio man will likely spend years in prison after admitting to holding a 60-year-old woman against her will and torturing her by severely beating and stabbing her before sealing her in a small plastic storage container, where she miraculously survived.
Dalontay R. Edmond-Geiger appeared before Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Hollie Lauren Gallagher on Monday where he formally pleaded guilty to one count each of kidnapping, felonious assault, tampering with evidence, and having weapons while under disability, court records show.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley stated in a press release, “I have seen many truly horrific cases over the years, and this is one of the most horrific.” “Thankfully, law enforcement found her alive.”
According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, Cleveland Police Department officers discovered a woman being held against her will by Edmond-Geiger inside a home in the 3100 block of West 97th Street on the evening of May 2.
According to court documents, Edmond-Geiger resides at a residence on West 97th Street.
“Edmond-Geiger admitted to physically assaulting [the] victim, ziptying [sic] her hands to a chair, and moving her body from room to room to deceive police,” the affidavit states. Geiger then forcibly stuffs the victim’s body into a 3 ft x 3 ft plastic container, seals the lid, and restricts the victim’s air supply before the authorities arrive.
The victim, whose identity has not been disclosed, was incapacitated and required assistance breathing, according to police. She also sustained “multiple fractures to the rear of her head,” according to the report.
The events leading police to the disturbing discovery began earlier in the day on May 2, at around 3:30 p.m., when authorities received a call from a concerned woman at a corner store, reporting that another woman was tied up in the basement of a nearby home.
Officers who responded to the dispatch encountered Edmond-Geiger at his residence. After a 30-minute delay, Edmond-Geiger allegedly consented to a search of his cellar, where officers discovered an air mattress but no victim.
It was during this initial visit that Edmond-Geiger was allegedly moving the victim from room to room to prevent police from finding her.
Later that evening, police spoke with a woman familiar with the area who claimed she knew that Edmond-Geiger had assaulted a woman and was holding her in the basement of his residence. She told police that Edmond-Geiger even showed her photos of the alleged assault and claimed the victim was a “snitch,” providing investigators with additional evidence of potential criminal activity.
In the early hours of May 3, officers returned to the residence to speak with Edmond-Geiger again.
While inside the living room, an officer reportedly heard moaning sounds from an unknown location.
However, each time the moaning occurred, Edmond-Geiger allegedly amplified the volume of the radio playing on his phone. Suspicions grew, prompting the officer to question Edmond-Geiger further.
Eventually, police say Edmond-Geiger confessed that a woman was beneath the porch, hidden in a tiny storage container. Police said they found her “stuffed and folded into a small black tote.”
She was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. A relative of the victim reportedly told Shaker Heights CBS affiliate WOIO that the victim has been in a coma since the incident, which broke her back and spine, leaving her paralyzed.
Edmond-Geiger is currently scheduled to appear before Judge Gallagher on Nov. 29 for his sentencing hearing.
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