A Cherokee County man who kidnapped and broke a woman’s jaw has pleaded guilty in Superior Court, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said.Nathaniel Jared Raper, 37, of Murphy, admitted to assault inflicting serious bodily injury and second-degree kidnapping.
On Feb. 20, 2021, Cherokee County deputies were called to a home in Marble, where a woman reported Raper, her estranged boyfriend, had punched her in the face. Raper was under a domestic violence protective order at the time.
Earlier, Raper had climbed into the woman’s vehicle as she was picking up her child from a school bus. He forced his way into her home and held the woman captive for three hours. She escaped by fleeing to a neighbor’s house and phoning law enforcement.
Superior Court Judge Peter Knight ordered Raper serve a total of 54 months minimum up to 84 months maximum in the Division of Adult Corrections.
