The woman had been missing since early July. Tooley’s ex-husband, Ron Higgs, said he went to the trailer last week to stay a couple of nights and was shown the cage. Higgs told NBC affiliate WFIE in Evansville that the woman later told him that she wasn’t a guest...
This guy sounds sick, himself.
Sounds to me like he realized he was in danger himself and he was doing his best to take care of his own safety and to free the woman - which he did. Nothing sick about that at all given that his actions led to her freedom.