A child in Iowa saved their mother after passing a note to a school bus driver that read, “Call 911.”
The student passed the note to the driver just before 7:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Sept. 24, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO).
The driver alerted authorities, and police then went to a home in Westgate, a rural area of the county, to investigate.
Upon arriving at the home, police found that the child’s mother was allegedly being held against her will by 29-year-old Glenroy Miller of the Bahamas.
Miller is accused of having assaulted the woman several times throughout the night, kicking her with enough force to break two ribs and puncture her lung, according to News 13.
Authorities also said the mother was unable to call for help in front of the suspect, so she wrote a note on a piece of paper and gave it to her child.
The child is currently in first grade, according to a legal complaint obtained by News 13.
Miller was arrested that morning, Fayette County public arrest records show.
He has been charged with armed kidnapping, willful injury, domestic abuse assault with the intent to inflict serious injuries and obstruction of emergency communications, according to public court records.
Miller is currently being held on a $1,500 bond, public arrest records show. He is also being detained through Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).