They say some lady's chained in the basement. I don't know if that's actually >> Yes, there actually is a woman chained up in a house. Officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky are dispatched to a neighborhood after a 911 caller reports a woman chained at the neck, yelling for help from a broken window of a house. As officers arrive at the location, they have no idea how fateful music their actions would soon be as the full story plays out on their body cams. >> Put it down. Yeah, >> I got a bunch of >> Yeah, it's >> um >> Which window she kick out? >> Huh? >> Which window she kick out? >> Hang on one second. Which window she at? Where? >> 213 Baker to be to radioise. We do see a female chained up at the top window. We're trying to make entry, but there's something barricading the door. >> Yeah, >> there's boards there, too. It's boarded up. Everything Everything is boarded up. >> Hold the back and Oh, you want to hold the back or the front? >> I'll hold back. Yeah, fire's on the way. >> There should be a ladder on the side. There you go. >> You want to get up there or we'll climb through the window. >> They nailed everything shut. But we got this though. Try to keep the door, but everything is boarded up. You want to go first? >> Is anybody else in there? Hispanic. >> He did what? >> Is he Hispanic? >> Hey, there's a Hispanic male down the street with his friend. That might be who it is. >> He's got long hair. >> Long hair in the top on his side. >> Where's the key? >> But there's no one else in here, right? Is it just you in here? No female. >> All right, we got fire coming. So, give us a second. Okay. >> I'm sorry. >> No, you're good. Anytime you do the right thing. >> So, is he a clean cut Hispanic male? >> He's down the street. >> He's got long hair. He's kind of big, right? Hm. >> Yeah. Yeah. Let's clear it real quick. Make sure >> we got it on her. Next one. Don't break that. originalvenue. Does he have any firearms? >> No, I don't think so. North3 Street. >> Thank you. >> He's got the shadow unlocked. Get in. Get out. >> Can you get out? [laughter] >> We got him in chain with a dry gun. >> Oh, he screwed it in. >> He's got a screwdriver in his other room. lock in the kitchen to the lid. >> Nobody's in the basement, right? >> Nobody's here. >> Three baker, are you on the other side of the front door? >> This room is locked. He won't never let me in there. >> I got fire out here. >> It looks like they got the front door and all the doors down here shut. >> You're fine. We're here now. Okay. We're going to going to get you out of here. Don't Don't say sorry for nothing. >> You need fire to force this door. >> 104. We're clear. We're going to enforce it. >> You bust that door. >> All right, let's go in here real quick. Okay. >> That's fire. They're forcing the door open for us. >> He called me on the phone. He's like, I can see this. She changed up. I was like, I'll be right there. Watch the Come on out. >> Hey, did you all clear the house? >> Yeah, we cleared it. The only thing locked still is the basement door right here. She said nobody else was in here. >> And the last door right there. >> Hey, >> who did this? >> Are you hurt? Do you need EMS or anything? >> No, I just want out of here. >> Okay. You want to sit out here on the porch? >> Okay. >> Do like a little blockade. So everybody's not getting videos of her. He's blockish about a year. I don't want nobody to see her. >> How long How long you had that on around your neck? >> Four hours. Maybe we have a one-year-old daughter together. >> Where's she at? >> My aunt has custody of her. Okay. >> And that's why he's always fighting with me cuz they were going to his house. He said, "You're not going nowhere. You're going to do it nicely or we're going to do it the hard way. When he left, I tried getting it off the floor. I got close enough to the window. I broke the window and yell at the neighbors. >> Just hold really still real bad. Go like the chain. >> What kind of car does he drive? >> I don't know. They pick him up in the back. >> What's his name? Moses. >> Moses. >> Last name May. >> He's a spooky guy. He's only got he's got two tattoos of his daughter and son's name on his chest and a Scorpio right here on his arm. And he's got hair down. >> How long y'all been together? >> We've been together for three, four years. >> Y'all have kids together? >> We have one daughter. >> You said you don't need EMS. >> No, I don't need 21. Not you're not open though. >> And you all cleared the house. Good. [snorts] >> I mean, we can go back again to double check. I'm not >> Yeah, let's run another uh search. Make sure kittens. >> Is there dead ones around? >> No, but >> cuz there's like some death smelling over here. >> I know. I told him to take care of him and there's already three missing. I don't know if he killed them or what. >> I got straight forward. >> Police. I'm wondering why all these are nailed shut. Yeah, a lot of these doors are nailed shut. We really can't do nothing with them. >> Do you have [snorts] a gun or anything? Any kind of weapons? >> A knife. >> A knife. >> He He always has either an axe or a machete. He cut my hair with a machete. >> When did he do that? >> Three nights ago. That's why I left the first place. It was all the way down here. >> Should I take a picture? >> Yeah. floor or whatever. And it shows what she >> chained up right here. >> Yeah, >> that's the chain right there. Or that's where it was connected to. >> Did she rip herself off of it or come? >> No, we had to hit it with this axe. >> Okay. So, >> I guess that's the window she broke out. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> You have to hurry. It makes you wonder like downstairs though. Hopefully, no one else is in here. Did you want a water? >> Yeah. I'll be right back. Okay. So, the only rooms we couldn't clear is he has a room upstairs, a door nail shut. He's got a basement door nailed shut. And he's got a back room nailed shut also. >> Wonder why he had all these screws nailed shut. >> No tattoos on his face, but he's got wood uh it's a Scorpio right here. >> Yeah, she's doing okay. We can go and leave everything like it is. It's a crime scene right now. So pretty >> is a crime scene. >> But do you live here? >> No, I live at the corner. No, she's of staying with me. She stayed with me last night. >> She's fine. Do you know what the male looks like? >> Mexican. >> Long hair. >> Long hair. >> Is it clean cut or is just long? But I really don't look at him too hard because I think he's ugly. [laughter] >> Be careful cuz he's got a brand new machete. >> He always carries a machete, but I don't know if it's here. >> Did he hit you or anything? Is he smacked me in my face? >> And you've been here for You said >> 3 years. >> Yeah, but you said you left. >> Yeah, I left a couple days ago when he cut my hair off. >> When did you come back? When >> I come back because I seen him today. >> Today? You came back today? >> Yeah. I seen him riding his bike and he stopped. He was like, "Will you please just come clean up the room and I'll pay you." I was like, "Okay, but I don't want to fight." He was like, "I promise I'm not going to hurt you." I said, "Okay." As soon as I came in, he smacked me. He locked the door with the key. And I knew as soon as he locked the door with the key that he wasn't going to let me go. >> Okay. >> What window was she? >> This second story window right here. >> Okay. So, it was open and she was just >> Yeah. She uh she was able to get close enough to the window and push the glass out and uh she was hollering her for help and this lady I think that's getting out of this Kia. Yeah. Actually the little girl heard her hollering her. She's like granny that lady's yelling for help. She got a chain around her neck. She's actually the one that called. >> I guess they live there. >> Yeah, they live right there. But I got her name and phone number. >> After 2 days of roundthe-clock covert surveillance, detectives radio to patrol officers that the suspect has returned to the house. That's when patrol officers pull up to the location and find a red truck with two men inside with one of them matching the description of the suspect. >> What's your location? >> Hold on. >> You get my location. >> Grab the other guy, too. >> Hey, put your hands on top of your head. >> Put your hand on top of your head. >> All right. Stand by. We have to go. >> Stop. >> What? What are y'all doing? >> You're just being detained right now. >> Detained for what? >> You're just being detained. All right. >> You're under arrest. >> Any weapons on your boss? >> No. >> We just We just thought we going to >> That's fine, man. Just hang out. All right. >> Okay. >> My card. >> Okay. >> Was it your thought for today, sir? >> Is it me that you talked to? >> Yeah. >> I'm going to say no. Is that okay? He gave me his card and I go look for him and talk to him and tell him to turn himself in and he called him and talk to him and he and he promised to go Monday to turn himself in. So what what is all this harassment for? >> It's not harassment. It's called doing our job. You're being detained right now and as soon as this is all figured out, if you're not in any kind of trouble, the handcuffs will be taken off. You're not being harassed. >> Okay. But that's not nice. I don't like it. Sit down. >> Okay. Hold on. All right. Who is that? >> Jonah. >> The girls getting the hell off. >> Mhm. Okay. Hey, Jonah. How are you? This is >> You're not on a speaker, baby. So, you got to hold him. >> Jonah, >> can you describe the suspect for me real quick? All right. Is he Hispanic? >> Yeah, that's heal. >> That's the suspect. >> That's he'll give you a call here shortly. Jonah, listen. >> All right, boss. What's your last name? Moses. First name is Moses. Spell it. M O E S. You know E S E S. No. I I mean just you and your girlfriend. >> No. Girlfriend. >> No. What the the drama team? >> Drama. >> Like for But that was not like really happy just because she not did what she want for money. >> You're saying you're saying what she's telling police. >> Yeah. It's not drama. Yeah. It's drama. Yeah. There's no dude. >> You have to train me up on that. >> Back to the academy for upside down. Start heading over here to see if we can hunt. >> That's the window that she broke out. I don't think it was just her neck. I think I think he had her like a chain around her neck and a chain on the ground like like a like a fighting dog almost. The suspect was identified as 36-year-old Moyes May. After obtaining a search warrant, officers were able to fully clear the house and confirm there were no other human victims inside. Police noticed that the entire house was essentially a makeshift confinement area. There was a significant amount of work that was done to the entire house, including barricaded doors that were screwed in, boarded up and bolted windows and a front door. And it was later confirmed that Moyes says had the one and only key. The chain used on the victim was also attached to the floor with heavyduty hardware rather than just wrapped around something. These details suggest that there was some planning involved to the incident which is important in determining premeditation. After his arrest, Moyes says told police that the victim Jonah actually chained herself up because she couldn't stop cheating on him. Jonah told police that Moyes says threatened to kill her if she left him or went to police and that he continuously threatened and assaulted her to keep control over her. An interview right after Jonah was rescued shows her immediate response to the situation. >> He made me strip naked and he put the chain around my neck and he called his friend. He said, "I got to go take this equipment back to Lowe's. When I come back, I'm going to kill you." It's hard when you think you know somebody and you don't. I just wanted to see him get in jail. I want to I want justice. I want I want my daughter to be okay. Moyes was initially charged with felony kidnapping, felony intimidating a participant in the legal process, felony music, firstderee, wanting endangerment, assault, terroristic threatening and harassment with physical contact. He would later have extremely serious charges, added, however, as Jonah went on to tell investigators that Moyes forced and coerced her to engage in commercial sex acts with other men. She said he arranged five of these encounters in exchange for money. This new information, combined with the high likelihood of premeditation due to the house being rigged up as a makeshift confinement area, led to prosecutors additionally charging Moyes with five counts of felony human trafficking. This case eventually went to a jury trial in Jefferson County, Kentucky, which prosecutors said was the county's first ever human trafficking case to go to a jury trial. Theoretically, the maximum sentence Mo could be given based on all of his charges is 75 years in prison. However, after deliberation, the jury found Moyes guilty on all charges and recommended the judge sentence him to 35 years in prison for his actions. The judge later sentenced Moyes to 30 years in prison with the eligibility for parole after serving 20% of his sentence, which is 6 years. In past years, Kentucky law used to require a person convicted of a class B felony to serve at least 85% of their imposed sentence before being eligible for parole. Meaning Moyes's kidnapping charge, which is a class B felony, would normally enact this 85% rule. However, this statute was recently revised in 2024. Now, a class B felony must involve the death or serious physical injury to the victim. Because Jonah was found alive with no serious physical injury, it allowed Moyes to be eligible for parole after serving just 20% of his imposed sentence. Moises will be 44 years old when he is eligible for parole in 2031.