Stephanie Slater

On 22 January 1992, Great Barr estate agent Stephanie Slater was kidnapped by Michael Sams and for eight days was kept imprisoned in a box without heat or light. She was released after the payment of a ransom. Her abductor was captured three weeks later and given four life sentences for her kidnap, the kidnap and murder of Leeds teenager Julie Dart and other blackmail attempts.

Her full story is given in the book, "Beyond Fear : My Will To Survive" by Stephanie Slater with Pat Lancaster. ISBN 1-85702-370-6 published by Fourth Estate Limited, London 1995.
Beyond Fear: My Will to Survive available at Amazon 

Stephanie now lives on the Isle of Wight. She has her own website www.stephanieslater.org