BATON ROUGE, LA – Police have arrested 22-year-old Willie Hill III after he was accused of using an acetylene torch to burn and disfigure a woman before raping her multiple times.

According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, a woman called them to an abandoned home where she said she’d arranged to meet a man there after agreeing to a 30-minute sexual session for $150 via Backpage.com.

Once she arrived and realized the home was vacant, she turned to leave but was confronted by Willie Hill III, who shined a flashlight at her and demanded her money. When she told Hill that she didn’t have any money on her, Hill allegedly struck her in the head with the flashlight and ripped off her clothes.

According to the victim, Hill then used an acetylene torch to heat a metal pipe that he used to burn the her face, breast and genital area. But he wasn’t done. The woman said that after he burned her face with a cigarette, he pulled out a handgun and raped her twice.

She was able to get away by lying to Hill, telling him that she had dropped money down the street. He allowed her to go get it, and she took that opportunity to run away and call police.

During their investigation, detectives would learn that a week earlier, another woman from Backpage.com met a man, later identified as Hill, at the same location. She said the man was armed with a flashlight and attempted to rob her at gunpoint. She was injured, according to police, but she managed to escape before being sexually assaulted.

After Hill was identified, he was arrested and charged with aggravated rape, aggravated battery, and false imprisonment while armed. He is currently being held in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison without bond.

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