Woman asked Walmart worker to follow her to the bathroom because her boyfriend strangled her '5 to 6 times' and wouldn't let her escape: Deputies
Story by Conrad Hoyt • 14h
A Walmart employee in Nebraska helped a woman escape her boyfriend in a harrowing case of domestic violence where he strangled her and prevented her from escaping his control, authorities say.
Justis Barnhouse, 31, has been charged with assault by strangulation and third-degree domestic assault, the Gage County Sheriff's Office announced in a press release. The successful escape occurred on Tuesday.
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The suspect's girlfriend, 16 years his senior, wanted to return to her home in Kansas — Nebraska's southern neighbor — for two days, authorities say. Barnhouse, however, would not let her leave and get her belongings "from the camper," authorities said.
The afternoon of her escape, Barnhouse had strangled his girlfriend "5 to 6 times," she said, and he had taken her cellphone, "which prevented her from calling this incident into law enforcement," according to the sheriff's office.
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