Mom's powerful five-word message to smug kidnapper who tortured her daughter with a baseball bat during four days of hell

An Ohio parent gave her daughter's kidnapper a stark connection arsenic she urged a justice to enactment the antheral who kidnapped his girl and tortured her with a shot bat implicit the people of 4 days successful 2023 down bars for a long, agelong time.

William Mozingo, 34, pleaded blameworthy successful tribunal connected Tuesday to felony counts of kidnapping, abduction, felonious battle and strangulation for kidnapping Chloe Jones successful Kenmore, Ohio and holding her successful an overhead abstraction successful his store successful October 2023.

He besides pleaded blameworthy to a separate charge from different lawsuit successful which helium escaped from a assemblage corrections facility, WJW reports.

But earlier a justice sentenced him to prison, she heard unfortunate interaction statements from Jones and her parent Jessi Barham, who spoke straight to the smug kidnapper successful her remarks.

'You don't scare me, William,' Barham told him arsenic helium turned distant from her.

Jones had been stateless erstwhile Mozingo accosted her and promised her structure successful October 2023, the unfortunate told Judge Susan Baker Ross connected Tuesday, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

Instead, helium tied her up and held her without h2o for 4 days, repeatedly telling her she would ne'er spot her household again.

Mozingo doused her with state and repeatedly deed her with a shot bat, earlier Jones was yet discovered battered and bruised by the proprietor of the store who tipped disconnected police. 

He besides recorded much than 400 videos arsenic helium held Jones against her will, 10 of which were played successful tribunal connected Tuesday.

Mozingo could beryllium heard successful the clips threatening Jones, demanding outgo for cigarettes and threatening to pain her alive. 

'All I could deliberation astir was my lad and that I would ne'er spot him again and that I would ne'er marque it retired alive,' Jones testified aft the videos were played. 

Assistant Summit County Prosecutor Jamila Mitchell said Jones suffered a traumatic encephalon injury, breached nose, a breached hand, bruising crossed her full body, swollen eyes and long-lasting intelligence trauma.

Barham besides said her girl was near paralyzed connected the near broadside of her face, was successful the intensive attraction portion for 3 days and tin nary longer clasp immoderate caller information.

'You did this to my daughter, you did this to my kid and you're not a man, that's not what a antheral does - a antheral protects women,' she said.

'You are evil, you're a villain and you should ne'er beryllium allowed to spot the airy of time ever again due to the fact that you are a predator, and you person an MO and you person proven it clip and clip and clip again,' Jones continued, adding: 'My girl is ne'er going to beryllium the same.

'She's going to endure astir apt mode longer than him, which is not fair.' 

Barham went connected to impulse the justice to 'protect each azygous pistillate helium could get his hands on' and support him successful situation 'until helium is feeble, until helium is wetting his diapers.'

She noted that Mozingo has antecedently pleaded blameworthy successful 4 different abduction oregon kidnapping-related cases. 

He was archetypal jailed for abduction successful 2011, and was connected parole for further kidnapping offences erstwhile helium attacked some Mastin and Jones

In 2014, helium was sentenced to 9 months for abduction and helium was arrested again successful 2017 for holding a pistillate astatine knifepoint successful a Walmart restroom.

Jailed for 18 months aft the onslaught connected Mastin helium was released successful December 2018.

Four months later, helium was arrested for imprisoning a 29-year-old ex-girlfriend astatine his location successful Canton, beating her, strangling her and holding a weapon to her throat.

She was recovered connected a adjacent roadworthy unconscious, severely beaten and half-naked 4 days aboriginal earlier being rushed to infirmary with a terrible caput injury.

Stark County Court sentenced him to different 18 months, and helium was released connected parole up of his latest recorded attack. 

Additionally, Mozingo pleaded blameworthy to felonious battle successful an unrelated 2020 lawsuit and was sentenced to six months successful jailhouse for possession of drugs, and helium was already connected helium state's convulsive transgression registry.

'The information of the substance is that this antheral should not person been out,' Barham said, telling the judge: 'You person the accidental to bash what each different justice has failed to do.'

But Mozingo claimed helium was nether the power of drugs erstwhile helium kidnapped Jones, arsenic helium pleaded for leniency.

'I would similar to accidental that this incidental stemmed from erstwhile we were fueled up connected methamphetamines,' helium said.

'I person had a batch of clip to deliberation and bespeak and I would similar to apologize to the unfortunate and the family.'

Still, Baker coiled up sentencing Mozingo to betwixt 25 years to 31 and a fractional years down bars.

'The behaviour present is extreme,' she said arsenic she handed down the sentence. 'I deliberation it should beryllium met with utmost punishment.

'The symptom and harm that you caused the unfortunate volition ne'er beryllium gone from her.'

Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich praised the condemnation pursuing the hearing.

'William Mozingo's transgression past has proven that the streets are safer erstwhile helium is down bars,' Kolkovich said successful a statement.

'We are thankful that the unfortunate survived this horrific transgression and anticipation this condemnation volition let her the bid to statesman to determination connected from this unspeakable crime.'

If Mozingo is to beryllium released from prison, helium volition beryllium required to registry with the region sheriff each twelvemonth for 10 years.