Man gets life in prison for keeping 74-year-old hostage in hotel – Palo Alto Daily Post

Oakland man sentenced gets almost 400 years in prison for holding elderly woman captive in Belmont hotel

SAN MATEO COUNTY – An Oakland man was sentenced Monday to 394 years to life in prison for holding an elderly woman captive in a Belmont hotel room for eight months, where he sexually abused her, denied her medical care and threatened to kill her if she left. Ian Edard Kroe, 57, was convicted of 33 charges by a jury in February for holding and abusing the 74-year-old woman, including one count of felony intentional infliction of torture, nine cou…

Man gets life in prison for keeping 74-year-old hostage in hotel – Palo Alto Daily Post

ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A man was sentenced to life in prison for holding a 74-year-old woman captive at a Belmont hotel for two years.  Ian Edard Kroe, 58, was sentenced yesterday to 394 years to life in prison, one of San Mateo County’s longest sentences, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.  Kroe was convicted by a jury on Feb. 20 of 33 felonies.  It started in 2016, when the 74-year-old woman reached out to Kroe to expres…