Girl In The Bunker Kidnapper, Who Raped Teen Over 10 Days, Dies In Prison
Vinson Filyaw had been serving a 421-year sentence after posing as a police officer and luring Elizabeth Shoaf to a secret bunker in the woods, where he raped her repeatedly for 10 days. Vinson Filyaw with his two attorneys as he listens to his sentence passed by Judge G. Thomas Cooper at the Beaufort County Courthouse in Beaufort, South Carolina, Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Photo: Getty Images
The South Carolina man who kidnapped 14-year-old Elizabeth Shoaf, hid her in a self-made bunker for 10 days and repeatedly raped her 15 years ago has died in prison.