翻譯:青草泥螞@writingllamaa/來源:綜合

這是翻譯筆者歷來看過最恐布的綁架案,真的無法想像案中受害人那七年是怎樣走過來的,能逃也非常幸運。同樣令人恐懼的是,現今仍有多少人失蹤人士正像她當年一樣被囚禁?

以下影片介紹《箱中女孩自述:我如何在被擄七年 後生存下來》:

The Girl in the Box Speaks: How I Survived Being Held Captive for 7 Years?

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綁架者卡梅倫。胡克。

1977年,卡梅倫·胡克(Cameron Hooker)綁架了20歲的科琳·斯坦(Colleen Stan),將她囚禁在北加州的家中長達七年,讓她睡在與妻子珍妮絲.胡克(Janice Hooker)床底下的一個木箱里。起初,卡梅倫只是會短暫辭放科琳,毆打她和強逼她參與親密行為。科琳經歷長期的心理壓迫後,成為這對夫婦的保姆和性奴,直至1984年,科琳在珍妮絲的協助下得以逃脫。科琳回家後,仍非常害怕將她多年受虐和被襲的經歷報告執法部門。

科琳的故事震驚全世界,她的經歷彷彿一個都市傳說,而人們稱她作「箱中女孩」。

被害者科琳.斯坦。

1.科琳在搭便車時遭一對夫婦綁架

1977年5月19日早上,20歲的科琳打算由奧勒岡州尤金(Eugene)的家搭便車到北加洲參加朋友的生日會。她全天都獲得陌生人的協助,緩慢地向目的地進發,直至23歲的卡梅倫和其妻19歲的珍妮絲綁架她為止。

科琳登上這對夫婦的藍色麵包車前,已拒絕了幾個可疑的便車邀請,卻因為車上還有夫婦倆八個月大的女兒,看上去沒其他人危險科琳才會登車。行車僅30分鐘,卡梅倫便將車輛停在僻靜處,拿刀抵著科琳的喉頭,強行把一個奇怪裝置套在她的頭上,令她和外界隔絕。

卡梅倫是名專業木匠,他製造了一個20磅重、能緊貼受害者頭部的木製裝置,裡面還加入隔音物料排,因此科琳被套上裝置後無法看、也很難聽到外界的聲音。

警方中尉傑瑞。布朗(Jerry Brown)在新聞發布會上展示了在卡梅倫。胡克家中發現的頭部裝置。
套在科琳頭部的木箱。

2.科琳被逼睡在一個棺材大小的木箱里

在科琳被綁架的第一個晚上,卡梅倫把她塞進一板條箱大小的木箱里,防止她逃跑。科琳手腳被鏈條捆綁,在箱子里無法躺下來,只能勉強地坐著睡覺。

終於,這對夫婦搬遷到另一所移動房屋,房屋裡也沒有地下室來囚禁科琳。於是卡梅倫為科琳製造了另一個棺材大小的木箱,讓科琳困在裡面時可以躺著睡覺,夫婦把木箱塞在他們的水床下。儘管木箱的蓋上留有氣孔,但夏季時,箱內的溫度通常超過華氏100度(攝氏37.7度)。

3. 科琳一天23小時被囚在木箱里

在科琳被囚的初年,卡梅倫和珍妮絲只讓科琳每天離開箱子一至兩個小時,目的只為讓科琳打掃房子或照顧小孩。這對夫婦有兩名年幼女兒,因為父母告訴她們科琳每晚都會探訪家裡,所以她們都沒為意科琳是被逼的,甚至不知道科琳就住在他們家裡、睡在父母床底下。

科琳因遭到長期禁閉,加上身體受虐,留下了背部和肩部損傷等長期的醫療問題。

科琳在被囚的七年間,大部時間睡在大小如棺材的木箱里。

4.科琳被反覆毆打

科琳最初被囚禁在這對夫婦位於加州雷德布拉夫(Red Bluff)家中的地下室,在那裡遭受虐待和被逼參與親密行為。被綁架當晚,卡梅倫把她從地窖天花板吊起來,在珍妮絲的面前毆打她。然後,夫婦倆就在科琳被吊起處下方的桌子上發生性行為。

在科琳在雷德布拉夫期間,夫婦倆經常鞭打、毆打、燒傷和電擊她,還會把她放在行刑架架拉扯她的身體,此外,科琳還被剝奪食物和遭受強姦。

5.科琳被逼簽署奴隸合同

在被擄數月後,卡梅倫強逼科琳簽署一份奴隸合同,逼使她放棄個人自由意志,被視為是這對夫婦的私有財產。卡梅倫給予科琳一個新名字——凱(Kay),並命令她稱自己為「主人」、稱珍妮絲為「夫人」,成為「公司」的下屬,去除她的人性。卡梅倫還訂下一些規則,如未經允許凱絕不能說話或移動,還要遵從卡梅倫的色情幻想。自合同簽訂,凱獲得前往房子樓上的許可。

6.科琳被告知秘密組織正在監視她

卡梅倫告訴科琳,如果她逃走了,一個名為「公司」的秘密組織會殺死她和她的家人,因此逃跑是毫無意義的。他聲稱「公司」是一國際犯罪組織,而他是成員之一,組織專門奴役女性,就像奴役她一樣;組織就像犯罪集團和老大哥(Big Brother,用語沿於1949年喬治.奧威爾的小說作品《一九八四》)的混合。科琳非常害怕這個虛構的犯罪組織,以致後來,即使她有機會離開這對夫婦的家,也因為太害怕而沒有逃走。

當珍妮絲最終向科琳透露「公司」並不存在時,對被囚七年的科琳來說是一次精神上的突破。

7.科琳被允許去探望家人,她卻因為被洗腦而告訴家人她過得很好

1981年3月,即科琳被囚三年後,卡梅倫與科琳探望她住在俄勒岡州的父母。出於對「公司」的恐懼,科琳沒有告訴父母她被擄和被逼簽署奴隸合同的事實。相反,科琳介紹卡梅倫為她的未婚夫,她的父母在不知情下與他們會面,並拍下一張「幸福情侶」照片來記錄這次團聚。

科琳和卡梅倫的合照,他們假裝是未婚夫妻。

科琳父母只擔心她加入了邪教組織,對她遭受多年虐待的事實但並不知情。

8.科琳被囚禁七年後逃脫

在科琳被囚七年後,珍妮絲因害怕丈夫因為科琳而離開她而協助科琳逃跑。她告訴科琳「公司」根本不存在,那都是由卡梅倫虛構出來的。科琳在意識沒有犯罪組織對她和家人帶來生命威脅後,才敢在珍妮絲的協助和鼓勵下逃走。

1984年,珍妮絲把科琳帶到公交車站,她致電父親併購買車票返回俄勒岡州的家。科琳還致電卡梅倫,說她已逃走了,據說卡梅倫聽罷哭了起來。

9.科琳回家一段時間後仍沒有報警

科琳回到俄勒岡州的家後,沒有告訴家人和警察有關她長年的恐布經歷。因為珍妮絲在協助她逃跑前,曾要她承諾不會報警,因為珍妮絲相信丈夫可透輔導和祈禱改變。

最終,珍妮絲意識到卡梅倫始終無法放棄殘忍和虐待的方式,於是她將事情告訴了她的牧師,牧師鼓勵她聯繫執法部門,事件因而被揭發。 1984年11月18日,即科琳逃走後數月,卡梅倫終於落網。

10.珍妮絲沒有因她的罪行遭檢控

珍妮絲聲稱,她初遇卡梅倫不久便經常遭到他的傷害;她被洗腦後,同意丈夫綁架女性作為性奴,因為這意味著珍妮絲毋須再被毆打,所以她允許她丈夫綁架並傷害科琳。

儘管珍妮絲犯下協助綁架和禁錮的罪行,仍沒有被檢控。因為她願意出庭指控卡梅倫綁架和性侵等罪行,所以獲得完全豁免權。檢察官認為,珍妮絲曾遭受卡梅倫的精神和身體虐待,使她幾近無法違抗丈夫的命或,或阻止他傷害科琳。

後來,她像科琳一樣改名換姓,繼續住在加利福尼亞州。

珍妮斯.胡克,綁架者的妻子。

11.科琳可能不是第一個性奴

在1985年的審訊過程中,珍妮絲透露在科琳遭囚的前一年,即1976年1月31日,丈夫綁架了另一名19歲的年輕女子瑪麗·伊麗莎伯·斯潘納克(Marie Elizabeth Spannhake)。

另一可能受害者瑪麗·伊麗莎伯·斯潘納克(Marie Elizabeth Spannhake)。

據珍妮絲的證詞,瑪麗當時打算坐便車前往加利福尼亞州奇科(Chico),並遇到這對夫婦。他們把瑪麗帶到雷德布拉夫的家中,最終卡梅倫虐待並謀殺了瑪麗。因未發現她的屍體,執法部門沒有足夠證據起訴卡梅倫謀殺。

12.卡梅倫將於2030年獲得假釋

卡梅倫在1985年因多項綁架和毆打罪被判處100多年監禁。按加州法例,服刑超過25年的老年囚犯可獲假釋機會,因此卡梅倫也理應獲得假釋的機會。然而,假釋委員會拒絕了卡梅倫的請求,並且撤銷他往後參與聽證會的資格,預計卡梅倫在2030年才有機會獲得假釋,那時候他已經76歲。

13.科琳改名換姓並幫助其他女性走出創傷

科琳為卡梅倫不獲釋放的消息感到欣慰。自接逃脫後,她改名換姓,接受密集式治療,獲得會計學位,後來結婚、成為母親和祖母,並對其他遭受虐待的婦女提供支援。

14.科琳的案例為流行文化提供材料

公眾甚至流行文化都仔細研究這宗斯德哥爾摩綜合症案例。受害者可能基於生存本能而同情綁架者。在科琳的案例中,經過多年囚禁,她接受了卡梅倫逼她為奴和長期囚禁的陰謀,並無法對卡梅倫採取合適的行動,直至珍妮絲向執法當局通報才揭發她被虐多年的事實。

自始科琳在1984年逃脫以來,多個電視節目、電影和研究討論了她的案例,包括電影《恐怖錄像帶》(Poughkeepsie Tapes,2007年偽紀錄片式恐怖電影)、《法律與秩序》(Law and Order,1990年開播的美國長壽電視劇),以及《心理追兇》(Criminal Minds,2005年開播的美國犯罪電視劇)。

All The Facts About The Girl In The Box, The Terrifying Case Of Colleen Stan

In 1977, Cameron Hooker seized 20-year-old Colleen Stan and held her prisoner in his Northern California home for seven years. He predominantly kept Stan in a wooden box underneath the bed he shared with his wife, Janice Hooker. Initially, Cameron only released Stan from her confinement to beat her and force her to engage in intimate relations. After extended psychological coercion, Stan became a live-in babysitter and sex slave for the couple. Stan was able to survive her horrific ordeal and escape in 1984 with the help of his wife. She returned to her family but was too terrified to report the years of abuse and assault to the police.She became known as "the girl in the box," and her story shocked people around the world. The true details of what happened to Stan - and the crimes of her captors - appear almost like an urban legend.1. She Was Kidnapped By A Couple When She Was HitchhikingOn the morning of May 19, 1977, 20-year-old Colleen Stan decided to hitchhike from her home in Eugene, OR, to Northern California to attend a friends birthday party. She spent most of the day accepting rides from various strangers, slowly making her way to her destination, when a young couple - Cameron, 23, and his 19-year-old, wife, Janice - picked her up.Stan had turned down a number of rides before getting into the couples blue van, largely because she believed the couple, who were traveling with their 8-month-old daughter, were less dangerous than some of the other people who offered her a lift. Just 30 minutes into the journey, the vehicle stopped in a remote area, and Cameron held a knife to Stans throat. He then forced a contraption on her head that was designed to isolate her from the outside world.Cameron, who was a skilled carpenter, constructed the 20-pound wooden box so that it would fit snuggly on the head of the wearer. He also lined the contraption with soundproofing material, making it impossible for Stan to see and difficult for her to hear.2. She Was Forced To Sleep In A Coffin-Like Box

The first night he held Stan, Cameron forced her to sleep in a wooden box he constructed to keep the young woman from escaping. The box had the dimensions of a crate, so Stan was unable to lie down. Instead, she involuntarily had to sleep sitting up inside the box, bound by chains.

Eventually, the couple moved from their house to a mobile home, so they didnt have a basement to keep their prisoner. Cameron constructed another box. Approximately the same size as a coffin, the new box allowed Stan to sleep lying down, and the couple placed this box underneath their waterbed. Despite the air holes in the boxs lid, it routinely reached over 100 degrees during the summer months inside the box.3. She Was Confined To The Box For 23 Hours A DayFor the first few years of captivity, the Cameron and Janice only allowed Stan an hour or two each day outside the box, often just to clean the house or babysit their children. The couple had two young daughters, and neither of the girls realized their parents held Stan against her will. In fact, the couples daughters didnt even know Stan lived at their house, much less underneath their parents bed in a wooden box, because Cameron and Janice told them Stan went to her own home every night.Stans extended confinement, coupled with the physical suffering her captor inflicted, left her with chronic medical problems, including severe back and shoulder damage.4. She Was Repeatedly AssaultedWhen Stan arrived at the Cameron and Janices home in Red Bluff, CA, they kept her in the basement where they physically harmed her and forced her to engage in intimate relations. On the night they kidnapped her, Cameron suspended Stan from the cellars ceiling and beat her while his wife, Janice, watched. Then, the couple had sex on a table underneath Stan, who was still hanging from the ceiling by her wrists.During the time they held Stan captive in the Red Bluff house, the couple regularly whipped, beat, burned, and electrocuted her. They also stretched her on a rack. In addition to her making her suffer physically, the couple deprived Stan of food and engaged in ritualistic rape.5. She Was Forced To Sign A Slave ContractAfter Cameron held Stan captive for several months, he coerced her into signing a slave contract, which effectively forced Stan to give up her own free will and allow herself to be treated as the couples personal property.

Cameron also decreed that Stans new name was "Kay," not Colleen, and commanded she call him "Master" and Janice "Maam", as a subordinate to "The Company". This was an exercise that helped the couple dehumanize their captive even further.

She couldnt talk or move without permission, and she was expected to conform to Camerons graphic, erotic fantasies. "Kay" earned the ability to go upstairs after she signed the contract.6. She Was Told A Secret Organization Was Watching HerCameron convinced Stan it would be pointless for her to try to escape because if she ever managed to break out of captivity, a secret organization called "The Company" would find her and kill her and her family. He also told Stan that he was a member of "The Company," an international criminal organization that enslaved women like herself.Stan was so fearful of this fictional organization that even when she had the opportunity to escape from the couples home, she was too afraid to leave. "The Company" was a fictional organization somewhat like a cross between crime-mob slavery and Big Brother. When Janice eventually revealed to Stan that "The Company" was not real, it was a mental breakthrough for the seven-year victim.7. She Was Allowed To Visit Her Family - But Was So Brainwashed She Told Them She Was FineIn March 1981, after more than three years of captivity, Cameron took Stan to Oregon to visit her parents. His threats of "The Company" frightened Stan to the extent she didnt tell her mother and father that she had been held captive and forced to sign a slave contract. Instead, Stan introduced Cameron as her fiancé, never letting her family know he was holding her against her will. Her parents even took a picture of the "happy couple" to document being reunited with their daughter and meeting the man they thought she intended to marry. Stans parents were concerned for their daughter, mainly because they thought she had joined a cult, but they werent aware of the years of abuse she had suffered.

8. She Escaped After 7 Years In Captivity

After being held captive for seven years, Stan finally felt it was safe for her to flee the couples home. Janice helped, in part, after she realized her husband was probably going to leave her for Stan. Janice revealed to Stan that Cameron wasnt a member of "The Company," the faux criminal slave organization he said was real. When Stan realized members of "The Company" wouldnt her hunt down and kill her and her parents if she left, the young woman escaped with Janices help and encouragement.In 1984, Janice dropped Stan off at a bus station. The woman who had been kept as a slave for seven years called her father and got money to buy a ticket back to her home in Oregon. Stan also called Cameron to tell him she had escaped, and he reportedly cried when she told him shed left.9.She Didnt Tell The Police About Her Ordeal Until Much LaterAfter Stan returned to her family in Oregon, she didnt tell anyone, including the police, about the years of horror she endured. Before she helped Stan escape, Janice made the young woman promise she wouldnt go to the authorities about the terrifying ordeal because she thought her husband might be able to reform himself through counseling and prayer.Eventually, Janice realized Cameron was unable to give up his sadistic and cruel ways, so she told her pastor about what happened. Her pastor encouraged her to contact law enforcement. On November 18, 1984, months after Stans escape from captivity, authorities arrested Cameron.10. Janice Was Not Charged For Her CrimesJanice alleges that shortly after she met Cameron, he routinely hurt her. Brainwashed, Janice agreed to let her husband kidnap a woman to keep as a sex slave. Janice maintains she allowed her husband to capture and physically harm Stan because it meant Cameron would no longer subject her to horrific beatings.Even though Janice helped her husband capture Stan and keep her prisoner for seven years, she wasnt charged with a crime. While Cameron was tried and convicted of several counts of kidnapping and sexual assault, the courts granted Janice full immunity because she agreed to testify against him. Prosecutors believed Cameron mentally and physically abused Janice, making it nearly impossible for her to have defied her husband and stop the horrors he made Stan endure.Janice, like Stan, has changed her name and continues to live in California.11. She May Not Have Been Camerons First Sex SlaveDuring Camerons 1985 trial for capturing and abusing Stan, Janice revealed her husband captured another young woman, 19-year-old Marie Elizabeth Spannhake, on January 31, 1976. A year before they offered a ride to Stan, the couple picked up Spannhake when she was hitchhiking in Chico, CA.According to Janice, they took the young woman to their home in Red Bluff, and Cameron physically harmed and eventually murdered Spannhake. Spannhakes body has never been found, and authorities were not able to find enough evidence to prosecute Cameron for Spannhakes death.12. Cameron Will Be Up For Parole In 2030Despite being convicted of multiple counts of kidnapping and assault in 1985 and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for his crimes, Cameron was given a parole hearing in 2015. The state of California has a parole program for elderly inmates that allows prisoners over the age of 60 to request parole after they serve 25 years of their sentences.However, the parole board denied Camerons request, and he will not be eligible for another hearing until the year 2030 when he will be 76. 13. She Changed her Name And Now Helps Other Women Recovering From TraumaStan, who is living under a new name, was relieved to learn her captor of seven years would not be released from prison. Stan received intensive therapy after she escaped from Cameron and Janices home.She also she went on to earn an accounting degree, get married, become a mother and a grandmother, and provide help and support to other women who have been victims of abuse.14. Stans Case Of Stockholm Syndrome Has Fueled Pop Culture Crime StoriesThe public eye and even pop culture have scrutinized Stans severe case of Stockholm syndrome. Victims may develop empathy for captors as a psychological survival instinct. In Stans case, she accepted the conspiracy Cameron used to coerce her into slavery and extended imprisonment. Over the years of captivity, Stans trauma did not permit her to act against Cameron. Ultimately, Janice notified authorities about Stans years of abuse. Multiple television shows, movies, and other studies have been done since Stans escape in 1984, including the main plot of The Poughkeepsie Tapes as well as multiple episodes of Law and Order and Criminal Minds.Picture: Police Lt. Jerry Brown shows a head-restraining device found in Cameron Hookers home during a news conference. Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link

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