Tinder reminds users to be ‘vigilant’ after report of Lawrence sorority student’s kidnapping, beating

Tinder says “people with bad intentions exist everywhere” and the online dating app is reminding users to be vigilant about safety amid allegations that a Kansas man held a woman he met on Tinder against her will and beat her.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that court documents allege 30-year-old Shane Allen picked up the 20-year-old woman at her Lawrence sorority house last month after meeting her on the app.

An affidavit said Allen brought her back to the sorority after he beat and kept her for six days at his trailer house.

During the six days, according to the arrest affidavit, Allen never left the woman by herself and allegedly drove her several places, including to a McDonald's, to one of his relative’s houses and to the house of one of his friends.

The woman said she was kicked and strangled on other occasions during the time she was kept against her will.

The woman was taken to the hospital after she was returned to her sorority the morning of April 18. Investigators noted the she had two black eyes, bruises and swelling on her head, face, neck and the rest of her body, broken blood vessels in her eyes, multiple scrapes and abrasions to her legs, knees, feet and more, according to the affadavit.

Over several days the woman — whose name was not released — was able to tell her story to police, taking breaks between interviews to rest, according to court documents.

In a statement, Tinder said it’s “shocked and saddened” by the case.

It said Allen has been removed from the platform.

Allen is in the Douglas County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. He faces one felony charge of kidnapping and four felony charges of battery.

This story was originally published May 13, 2016 at 11:29 AM with the headline "Tinder reminds users to be ‘vigilant’ after report of Lawrence sorority student’s kidnapping, beating."