FROM
THE SCAMS.
>>> JUMPING FROM THE TRUNK OF
HER CAR AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
>> I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
DECIDING TO JUMP OUT.
>> THIS WOMAN FOCUSING ON HER
KIDS AND HUSBAND AND MAKING
SURE SHE MADE IT HOME TO THEM
AND AWAY FROM THIS MAN WHO
POLICE SAY ABDUCTED HER WHEN
SHE WAS DELIVERING A PIZZA.
>> THAT WOMAN WHO ASKED US NOT
TO SHOW HER FACE OR GIVE HER
NAME IS NOW RECOVERING FROM
SCRAPES BRUISES AND HEAD INJURY
THAT REQUIRED STAPLES ALL FROM
THE IMPACT OF THE PAVEMENT.
>> SHE TELLS US SHE'S SHAKE UP
BUT GLAD SHE CHOSE TO JUMP OUT.
HER OR TEAL BEGAN ON THE WEST
SIDE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS MAN
32-YEAR-OLD OR KNEEL US RUCE
WHO MADE THE FIRST APPEARANCE
BEFORE A JUNE TODAY ABDUCTED
HER AS SHE DELIVERED PIZZA TO A
HOME ON LANE AVENUE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> POLICE SAY ORDERED
26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN TO GET IN THE
TRUNK AND TOLD HER THAT HE WAS
TAKING HER CAR TO LAKE CITY
WHERE HE WOULD KILL SOME ONE.
THE WOMAN WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE
ALWAYS THE CAR WAS EXITING FROM
I-10.
POLICE SAY RUCE THEN DROVE TO
UNION COUNTY AND ATTEMPTED TO
ROB A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE
BEFORE DRIVING TO BAKER COUNTY.
THEN INVESTIGATORS SAY HE
TORCHED THE CAR AND FINALLY
TURNED HIMSELF IN WITHOUT
INCIDENT LATE LAST NIGHT.
>> HEATHER JOINS US LIVE AND
SPOKE WITH THE WOMAN AND WITH A
WITNESS WHO WATCHED THE VICTIM
ESCAPE FROM THE TRUNK OF THE
CAR.
PISHTION WELL THAT WITNESSES AT
FIRST HE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
HE SAID HE SAW A HAND COMING
FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUNK OF
THE DOOR AND HE AT FIRST
THOUGHT THAT SOMEBODY WAS
KIDDING AROUND BUT THEN HE SAW
THE CAR VEER OFF ON THE EXIT
FOR SR 121 AND HE SAW THAT
WOMAN GET OUT AND ACTUALLY JUMP
FROM THE TRUNK, THAT'S WHEN HE
REALIZED SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS
WAS GOING ON TRAPPED IN A TRUNK
SPEEDING DOWN I-10 NIGHTMARE
FOR MOST BECAME REALITY FOR A
PIZZA DELIVERY WOMAN SATURDAY
EVENING.
PHIL AND HIS SON WERE ON THE
SAME HIGHWAY FEW CARS BEHIND A
SILVER MAZDA 3.
HE SAYS AS THEY GOT CLOSER THEY
NOTICE ADD WOMAN'S HAND WAVING
OUT THE BACK.
WHEN DID YOU DISCOVER THE
EMERGENCY LATCH.
>> I WAS THE ABOUT HALFWAY
THROUGH.
I WAS KIND OF STARING AT IT
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AT ONE
POINT HE DID STOP I'M NOT SURE
WHAT HE WAS DOING AND I
CONSIDERED OPENING IT AT THAT
POINT BUT I WASN'T SURE IF THAT
WAS THE RIGHT TIME BECAUSE I
SAID OKAY I COULDN'T SEE
ANYTHING.
>>Reporter: FEW MINUTES LATER
THE TRUNK DOOR FLIES OPEN.
HE AND HIS SON WERE REALLY
CONFUSED.
>> I SON SAID IF HER FEET TOUCH
THE GROUND IT'S GOING TO YANK
HER OUT OF THE CAR AND JUST
ABOUT THE TIME HE SAID THAT SHE
PUSHED THE TRUNK COMPLETELY
OPEN AND JUST BAILED OUT OF THE
CAR.
IT SLID DOWN THE LANE ON HER
BACK.
>> I PULLED THE TRUNK LEVER
THERE WAS NO GOING BACK SO I
DON'T REMEMBER DECIDE TO GO
JUMP OUT. I JUST.
>>Reporter: JUST DID.
>>Reporter: EVEN THOUGH
FEELING DIZZY SHE BEGAN RUNNING
FOR HER LIFE.
LAMM CAUGHT UP WITH HER AND SHE
BEGAN CRYING TELLING HIM WHAT
HAPPENED.
THE STORY STARTED A FEW HOURS
BEFORE THAT.
DELIVERING A PIZZA TO A HOME IN
JACKSONVILLE.
SHE SAYS 32-YEAR-OLD CORNELIUS
RUCE POINTED A RIFLE AT HER
PUSHED HER TO THE PASSENGER
SEAT AND TOOK OFF.
>> HE SAID THAT SOME ONE DID
HIM WRONG SO HE NEEDED TO GO
AND KILL THEM.
NOT GOING TO KILL YOU BUT I'M
GOING TO KILL THEM.
>>Reporter: WHEN SHE ASKED TO
LET HER IN AND NO HE PUT HER IN
THE TRUNK.
SATURDAY SHE FEELS LIKE IT
DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN.
BAD DREAM SHE CAN'T PUT OUT OF
HER MIND.
>>Reporter: WE ARE EXPECTING
AT SOME POINT FOR RUCE TO BE
TAKEN HERE TO THE JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHERE HE COULD
POSSIBLY FACE SOME MORE SEVERE
CHARGES HERE BUT WE ARE STILL
WAITING ON DETAILS FOR WHEN
THAT COULD HAPPEN.
AS FOR THAT VICTIM, SHE WANTED
TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO RUCE
FAMILY FOR COMING OUT LAST
NIGHT AND ASKING HIM TO TURN
HIMSELF IN.
SHE SAYS SHE'S VERY GRATEFUL
FOR THAT.
SHE BELIEVES THAT REALLY HELPED