Warning: The following contains disturbing descriptions of violence and sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised. When year-old Colleen Stan hitchhiked out of her Eugene, Oregon hometown on May 19, , she was careful about whom she took a ride from. She turned down a lift from a group of young men , understanding the small but serious risk inherent to what she was doing. But Cameron and Janice Hooker seemed innocuous: They were a couple with a baby, after all.
But what followed was a misery of unspeakable depth and duration. He presented her with a master-slave contract, which he forced her to sign. For seven years, Stan was held captive.
She was locked in a small coffin-like wooden box the Hookers kept under their bed; occasionally, she would be let out—but only to be raped, whipped or forced to do household chores. Cameron Hooker told Stan that any attempts to escape would be met with violent repercussions for both her and her family.
Surprisingly, in March , Stan was allowed to visit her family by herself for approximately 24 hours. In May , she was allowed to start working as a maid at an area hotel.
Stan was also afforded opportunities to go jogging unsupervised. This is not a one-time rape or a one-time attack. This was pervasive, for years. After marrying Cameron Hooker in , Janice agreed to allow him to have a slave whom he could torture, under the condition that he only has sex with her Janice. For years, Janice saw Colleen as a rival. But things turned when, in , Cameron announced a plan to get another slave. In August of that year, Hooker went to a pastor and told him everything.
