'He did not break me, I won': Brave woman who woke up chained in a metal container where she was held for two months by a serial killer who slaughtered her boyfriend speaks out

  • Kala Brown was found 'chained up like a dog' in a metal shipping container in the backyard of her captor Todd Kohlhepp 
  • She watched him kill her boyfriend Charlie Cover, and was held captive
  • Authorities found her when they were searching Kohlhepp's 95-acre property
  • In her first TV interview since the release, she plans to say he did not break her

A 30-year-old woman was locked inside a padlocked box, 'chained up like a dog' for two months when she was discovered and released in November. 

At the time of her rescue, Kala Brown and her boyfriend Charlie Carver had been missing for two months from their home in Spartanburg, South Carolina. 

Now, in her first public interview since her dramatic rescue, Brown plans to say later this month on 'Dr Phil' that her captor did not break her. 

At the time of her rescue, Kala Brown (left) and her boyfriend Charlie Carver (right) had been missing for two months

A 30-year-old woman was locked inside a padlocked box, 'chained up like a dog' for two months when she was discovered and released in November

She said in a statement on the shows website, 'No matter what he did to me, he did not break me. He cannot destroy me, and I won'.  

Authorities found her when they were searching the 95-acre property owned by Todd Kohlhepp, and heard knocking coming from inside a metal shipping container, reported the Post and Courier.

Following the knocking, they heard screams. 

Authorities found her when they were searching the 95-acre property owned by Todd Kohlhepp (pictured), and heard knocking coming from inside a metal shipping container, reported the Post and Courier

In the two-part Dr Phil episode, to air February 13 and 14, Brown is expected to share details of the two months being held captive and witnessing her boyfriend's brutal murder.

'The main thing was we found her alive' Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright told the Post and Courier. 

For two months Brown lived inside the shipping container, held prisoner by Kohlhepp, a man who was at one time Brown's boss. 

The former real estate agent killed four people at a Spartanburg County motorcycle shop in 2003, and three others at his home in 2015, one of those Charlie Carver. Brown has also filed a personal injury lawsuit against Kohlhepp (pictured in his mug shot and being transported into court by police), and Carver's estate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, according to the Post and Courier

He is being charged with killing seven people, according to authorities. 

The former real estate agent killed four people at a Spartanburg County motorcycle shop in 2003, and three others at his home in 2015, one of those Charlie Carver. 

Brown has also filed a personal injury lawsuit against Kohlhepp, and Carver's estate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, according to the Post and Courier.  

Now, in her first public interview since her dramatic rescue, Brown plans to say later this month on 'Dr Phil' that her captor did not break her

He is being charged with killing seven people, according to authorities

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