A Sand Springs man remains in the Tulsa County Jail after allegedly holding his girlfriend hostage, raping her, and beating her over the course of four days.

On Sunday, a woman called police to report that she had been held captive and repeatedly assaulted by her boyfriend for the past several days. She told police that the incident began when David Draper, 44, began verbally abusing her the prior Thursday after accusing her of sleeping around. 

She reported that she tried to leave, but Draper began hitting her in the head until she fell down. Once she was down, she says, he continued to strike her in the head and ribs.

After physically abusing her, she reported, Draper then put a lock on the door to lock her inside, and he kept the key on his person at all times so she couldn't leave. She told police that the man told her she could leave only if he let her leave, throwing her cell phone in a toilet so that she had no way to summon help or communicate with anyone.

Over the next few days, she says, he repeatedly abused her and sexually assaulted her, forcing her to perform sex acts, sexually assaulting her with a wooden club, throwing objects at her--including a remote control and an e-cigarette, choking her, and striking her several times with a hatchet.

The woman says she was able to get free from Draper by convincing him that she needed to go to a friend's house to get some things. Although he accompanied her to the friend's house, he left while she was there. The woman and her friend quickly contacted police, who noticed injuries and defensive wounds consistent with her testimony.

Police arrested Draper on complaints of kidnapping, domestic assault and battery by strangulation, domestic assault and battery with a deadly weapon, rape by instrumentation, and forcible oral sodomy. He is held on $160,000 bond.

The complaints on which the suspect is held are serious felonies, conviction of which are punishable by lengthy prison terms and sex offender registration:

  • Kidnapping - up to 20 years in prison
  • Domestic assault and battery by strangulation - 1 to 3 years in prison on the first offense; 3 to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense
  • Domestic assault and battery with a deadly weapon - up to life in prison
  • First degree rape by instrumentation - 5 years to life in prison
  • Forcible sodomy - up to 20 years in prison

Both rape and forcible sodomy are sex offenses mandating lifetime sex offender registration for anyone convicted in Oklahoma.