HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – On the afternoon of Thursday February 10, 2022 Henderson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a kidnapping and rape that occurred on Howard Gap Road near Highway 64 in Hendersonville. Upon meeting with the victim, deputies learned she was initially forced into her own vehicle at gunpoint as she walked out of the Hardees restaurant located at 6001 Asheville Highway in Henderson County. She was then forced to drive to a vacant lot near the intersection of Howard Gap Road and US 64. After the assault the suspect fled the area in her vehicle. She was able to retain her cell and phone call for assistance. She was interviewed by investigators, treated and released from an area hospital.
A request to attempt to locate the victim’s vehicle was sent out nationwide. With the help of video surveillance from Hardees, investigators were able to determine the suspect had left his own vehicle in the businesses parking lot. The suspect was identified as Aaron Marquez Boyd, 32 of Waynesboro, Georgia. Investigators obtained arrest warrants for Boyd. He and the victim’s vehicle were entered into the national data base as wanted. On Sunday February 13, 2022 with the assistance of the United States Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force Asheville, NC and Columbia, SC Divisions and U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force – Gulfport, MS Divisions, Boyd was located in Gulfport, Mississippi still operating the victim’s vehicle. After a brief vehicle and foot pursuit, the suspect was placed under arrest.
Boyd waived extradition from Mississippi and was booked into the Henderson County Detention Facility on Tuesday March 9th. He has been charged with one count each of First Degree Kidnapping, Fist Degree Forcible Rape, and Robbery With a Dangerous Weapon. He is being held under a $600,000 secured bond. Boyd is also wanted as an absconder from Georgia Probation and Parole.
The U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force (CRFTF) is composed of state and local law enforcement officers from South Carolina and North Carolina, who work directly in conjunction with Deputy U.S. Marshals, to apprehend state and local violent offenders and sexual predators. The Asheville Division of the CRFTF consists of law enforcement officers from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, and the NC Department of Public Safety.
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