Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Houston man they allege fled the country after he kidnapped two women in November.
Corey Pritchett Jr., 26, is accused of kidnapping the women after they went bowling with him in Houston on Nov. 23, according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE.
He invited the women to ride ATVs, after which he took them to the bowling center, per the complaint.
After two of his friends joined them, the women allege Pritchett and the two friends began to “act suspicious by constantly looking around.” Pritchett allegedly told the women there was a rival group at the bowling alley, according to the complaint.
Later, he offered to drop the women at one of their residences, but as he drove them, he allegedly began threatening them with a gun, per the complaint.
He called an unnamed woman, whose name was saved as “Future Wife” on his phone, and allegedly asked her if he “should just go ahead and do it,” per the complaint. He allegedly indicated that nobody would be able to hear the two women scream and that “no one could ever find them,” the complaint claims.
The woman on the phone allegedly responded “yes,” the alleged victims told police. (No such woman was named in the complaint; two November posts on Pritchett’s Twitter account, where he has more than 264,000 followers, show his communication with a person who is named “Future Wife” on his phone).
During the drive, Pritchett allegedly told the women: “I’m gonna f— yall and kill yall.”
He allegedly took away the women’s phones and, at one point, shot his gun several times out his window, per the complaint.
He eventually freed the alleged victims before leaving them by the side of the road and driving away.
Investigators were unable to contact him and learned from his social media that he had gone to Dubai, per the complaint. The FBI said, however, that he had bought a one-way flight ticket to Qatar in December. It’s unclear how he might have gotten from Qatar to Dubai, which is in the neighboring United Arab Emirates.
Pritchett has 3.9 million followers on his YouTube account @CoreySSG31, where he documents his life as a musician.
In his recent posts, he shared about enjoying life in Dubai and trying to buy a house there.
Two Instagram pages linked to his YouTube account were not available on Tuesday.
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Pritchett is currently facing two counts of aggravated kidnapping, per Harris County court records.
He did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comments. On his Twitter and TikTok accounts, he shared several videos calling the accusations fabrications, claiming he’d been “set up.”
He posted photos claiming he was on his way back to the U.S., but it wasn’t clear as of publication time if he has entered the country.
“Guess I gotta meet with the FBI to see what the fuss about,” he wrote in one post.
Houston police were not able to confirm his current location or status when contacted.
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