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The Incredible Survival Story of Jasmine Block
After being tortured for a month, the teenager had the courage to escape the men holding her prisoner.
There are some amazing stories of bravery and survival in the face of extreme adversity in true crime, none more so than that of Jasmine Block.
Jasmine was just 15 when she was kidnapped and held captive by someone she had known and trusted — and it would take almost a month and all of her courage before she was free again.
A mysterious vanishing
It was August 8th 2017, and the teenager from the lakeside city of Alexandria in Minnesota was a month off starting high school. She had been enjoying her summer break, spending the day boating with friends and neighbours.
However, Jasmine had a tendency to suffer with migraines and she had developed a painful one by that evening. She went home to lie down, with her mother Sarah instructing her to rest up and see if it passed.
Sarah told NBC’s Dateline she had to briefly leave the house at around 10:30 PM to run an errand, but Jasmine’s older sister and her boyfriend were still home. After making sure Jasmine was all right, she went out.
