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An Oregon fugitive was captured on Tuesday after a week on the run. Benjamin Obadiah Foster 36 is accused of torturing an Oregon woman. And he was previously convicted of torturing a Las Vegas woman.  

The victim, identified by her family as Justine Siemens, was transported to an area hospital. And she remains hospitalized on life support.

Her family issued a statement before Foster’s capture. "She will survive this and as her family, we implore the nation to help bring her attacker to justice," it said.

The man who uses dating apps to find victims or people to help him evade police is now in custody following a manhunt, Oregon police said.

Foster had been hiding from police since January 24. 

UPDATE: Police said in a statement on Jan. 31 that Benjamin Foster, 36,  was in custody after a standoff in Grants Pass. Reports are that Foster died at a hospital later from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Grants Pass police spokesperson Jeff Hattersley.

Foster returned to the scene of the crime

"After a several hours-long standoff, Benjamin Foster is in custody. A press conference will be held tomorrow with additional information," the Grants Pass Police Department said.

On Tuesday morning a man police believe to be Foster was spotted walking a small dog near the Wolf Creek home where Siemens was found, the department had said.

Officers surrounded the home where they say Siemen was tortured a week earlier. The Wolf Creek residence is 20 miles north of Grants Pass, Oregon.

Benjamin Foster was located underneath the house. And authorities tried to get him to surrender. After several hours of a stand-off, he was captured.

During the initial search of the home where Siemens was held, a 68-year-old woman, Tina Marie Jones, was arrested.

 Jones is accused of following Foster as he intentionally drove his car over an embankment. And then giving him a ride back to the property. She and Foster are both being held at the Josephine County Jail.

Oregon Fugitive had previous assaults

Police began the manhunt after responding to a home in Grants Pass. The emergency call they received was for an assault. When police arrived, they found a woman in critical condition who had been "bound and severely beaten into unconsciousness," police said.

Foster went on the run and the manhunt began.

A friend of the victim who is remaining anonymous told NewsNation that Siemens knew Foster, but it “wouldn’t be accurate” to say they were dating.

“Justine was a competitive bodybuilder some time ago. She’s a smart and charismatic woman. She’s the last person you could think that something like this would happen to. It’s hard to say because we don’t know what position she was in, to begin with, or what he (Foster) could have done to possibly subdue her," Siemens' friend added.

Foster has been convicted on domestic violence charges for two previous assaults in 2018 and 2019 in Las Vegas, court records show.

In 2019, he was found guilty of holding his then-girlfriend captive inside her Las Vegas apartment for two weeks. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, she was horrifically tortured.

Although he was charged with four counts of battery and two counts of assault, he was released in November 2021 due to a plea deal.