SANTA CRUZ, Calif.- Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office is releasing new photos of one of the suspects wanted for torturing another man inside a santa cruz county hotel room Sunday night.
Deputies said two people robbed, carjacked, kidnapped, and tortured a man inside a room at the Santa Cruz Inn in Live Oak.
A sheriff's office spokesperson says the victim met the suspects at a downtown Santa Cruz bar and went back to the motel room with them. An argument followed. The victim was beaten and robbed of his ATM card and the suspects stole the victim's red Nissan. The suspects are accused of torturing the victim by burning him with cigarettes and punching and chocking him.
Suveillance video of the suspects was captured at a nearby gas station. The suspects are believed to be from the Bay Area and traveling with a dog.
Here are their descriptions:
Suspect 1 - White male adult, 6'00", thin, 20 years of age, short hair, beard and dotted tattoos on face.
Suspect #2 – White male adult, 30 years of age, 6'02", thin, long dreadlock hair, and goatee.
Suspect #3 – White female adult, 18 years of age, thin brown hair with gold highlights and shaved sides.
Car description: 1991 red Nissan Sentra, California license plate number 6DDR049.
