Massachusetts Man Accused of Holding a Woman He Met on Tinder Captive in Attic for Six Weeks

A Massachusetts man is facing serious charges after prosecutors said a woman he met on Tinder was found living in an attic where she had allegedly been kept for six weeks.

Jordende Pierre was arrested on September 24 after authorities went to a multifamily home in Malden and found the woman inside, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Pierre, 29, has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older,  WCVB reported.

The details of the case began to unravel after landlord Qing Sun went to the Summer Street property on September 20 to investigate a water leak. Sun told NBC10 Boston she had no idea Pierre was staying at the property or that anyone was living in the attic.

“I’m not aware this guy is living there,” Sun said. “And I’m not aware anybody living in the attic. Nobody’s supposed to live there.”

Prosecutors said the woman was found without clothing and appeared malnourished when she was discovered in the attic, according to Fox17.

Prosecutors allege Pierre met the woman on Tinder, picked her up from a rehabilitation facility and later brought her to the Malden property. The woman couldn’t leave the attic because the door handle had been removed.

Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney Jacob McCrindle described the woman’s condition during a court hearing.

“She clearly had not eaten, she was dirty. She was living essentially in squalor in this attic area,” McCrindle said, according to NBC10 Boston.

McCrindle alleged that Pierre supplied the woman with drugs and arranged encounters between her and other men in exchange for money that he kept.

Pierre pleaded not guilty at his September 25 arraignment.

A judge ordered him held without bail, according to WCVB.