A Laurel County man is accused of holding his pregnant girlfriend against her will and threatening to kill her unborn child.
The woman told deputies that 20-year-old Erik Anderson hit her, then forced her to stay in their apartment for three days because he wanted the bruises to heal before anyone could see her. She said she was without food during this time.
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According to deputies, she claims that Anderson threatened to punch her belly and kill the baby if he went to jail. Anderson is charged with unlawful imprisonment, assault and wanton endangerment.
Her friends were concerned after not seeing her for days. They went to the apartment to see her Tuesday which is what led to her escape.
“Some of her friends came over and while her friends were at the apartment, distracting him, she was able to escape. Then her friends took her to the hospital to be treated,” said Deputy Gilbert Acciardo with the Laurel County Police Department.
“I talked to her a couple of weeks ago, and she told me was just fine. She pulled her arms out, said ‘does it look like he beats on me’?” Anderson’s cousin, Regina Garland, told LEX 18’s Steve Butera.
Garland said that there was past trouble with Anderson, but she never expected this kind of abuse.
“Even though he’s kin to me, he deserves what he gets,” said Garland.
Anderson was in court Wednesday morning.
