Assumption police allege the man, a 22-year-old active-duty military member who had been in Worcester for a funeral, came to campus to meet Brainard after speaking to her on Tinder.

Kelsy Brainard appears district court as she and four other Massachusetts college students made their first appearance on conspiracy and kidnapping charges in Worcester, Mass, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Kelsy Brainard appears district court as she and four other Massachusetts college students made their first appearance on conspiracy and kidnapping charges in Worcester, Mass, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Kelsy Brainard, 18, Easton Randall, 19, Kevin Carroll, 18, Isabella Trudeau, 18, and Joaquin Smith, 18, are accused of using Brainard’s Tinder account to lure their 22-year-old victim to the ...

Kelsy Brainard appears district court after she and four other Massachusetts college students made their first appearance on conspiracy and kidnapping charges in Worcester, Mass, Thursday, Jan. 16 ...

Kelsy Brainard appears district court as she and four other Massachusetts college students made their first appearance on conspiracy and kidnapping charges in Worcester, Mass., Thursday, Jan. 16 ...

The students — Easton Randall, 19, of Jericho, Vermont; Kevin Carroll, 18, of Holden; Isabella Trudeau, 18, of Sterling; Kelsy Brainard, 18, of Holyoke; and Joaquin Smith, 18, of West Haven ...

Nexstar’s WWLP obtained court documents which show that Assumption University Police reviewed an October incident of assault and battery reported by Kelsy Brainard, a student at the school. In the ...

Police identified Kelsy Brainard, Kevin Carroll, Easton Randall, Isabella Trudeau, Joaquin Smith, and a juvenile as the group of Assumption University students involved in the plot.