Woman kidnapped for 10 years talks about her ordeal

Police say 41-year-old Isidro Garcia kidnapped the woman when she was 15. They say Garcia drugged her, forced her to marry him, and fathered a child with her. The woman finally made the move to escape after finding her sister on Facebook.

A Los Angeles man accused of holding a woman captive for 10 years is expected to make his first court appearance on Thursday, while the woman is talking about her ordeal. Police say 41-year-old Isidro Garcia kidnapped the woman when she was 15. They say Garcia drugged her, forced her to marry him, and fathered a child with her. The woman finally made the move to escape after finding her sister on Facebook.

"I'm so happy god blessed to be with my family. All the time I cry for them more for my mom and my sisters," said the victim. Now 25 years old, she says she is grateful to be back home with her family.

Clutching her 3-year-old daughter, her mother and sister by her side, she says the last 10 years with Isidro Garcia have been a nightmare. "I couldn't do anything. I did what he wanted. I don't have a life these 10 years -- I don't have a life."

She says Garcia beat her the times she tried to escape. She says she was too afraid to ask for help from friends in the couple's Bell Garden neighborhood.

"All my neighbors who know us think he was the best man -- because he works hard for me and my daughter. He bought everything I wanted... But I need love from my family, not things."

For her mother who never gave up hope all these years, the reunion is a dream come true. "I'm happy... God is everything. Happy, happy, happy."

The entire family says Garcia must pay for his crimes -- stealing a childhood from a young girl brainwashed to believe her family didn't want her.

"I want to finish this all the time, but I couldn't do it. I was very afraid. Every time I think I was alone, but I never was my family was with me," said the woman.

Police booked Garcia on suspicion of kidnapping for rape and false imprisonment.