A Utah woman being held captive by her ex-boyfriend has been saved after she wrote '911' on the palm of her hand and showed it to a locksmith who she had hired.
The woman's ex-boyfriend had entered her home in Midway on Thursday using a key, before assaulting her and threatening to burn the house down.
He was refusing to let her leave or use her phone when she made the desperate plea for help to the locksmith, who she had already hired to arrive Friday, as she had feared her ex would enter her home.
The locksmith, identified only as Greg, told
Greg continued with the job and went out to his van to make new keys for her front door.
The woman 'stated that he was downstairs in the house', the police affidavit says.
They arrested Grant Nielsen Eggertsen, 45, who has a criminal history of stalking women.
The woman had sent emails to two undisclosed people asking for help which were viewed by police.
'I also observed the victim's hand and 911 written on her hand,' an officer said.
'I would have been second guessing myself if I didn't do anything,' Greg said of the .
He was released on a $5,000 bond on Monday.
Eggertsen was previously convicted in 2014 of an amended charge of attempted stalking, according to