People in a Scott County community are trying to make sense of a bizarre situation that left one woman fighting for her life, and her boyfriend in jail facing serious charges.
According to an arrest citation, 27-year-old Damou Bradley is charged with murder and assault.
“Just hard to grasp something like that happening right across the street from where you live, where you’re supposed to feel safe,” said neighbor Tina Cornwell.
Investigators say he called 911 a little before 11:30 Saturday night and said he had stabbed his girlfriend in the neck three times. When officers arrived at the home on Copper Kettle Path, they found the victim in a second floor bathroom with lacerations to her neck.
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“Apparently there was no love there if you’re going to strangle and then stab someone,” said neighbor Charles Cornwell.
The story gets even more bizarre when Bradley allegedly told investigators he “put his faith in God”…arrest papers indicate he said he was told by God to kill his girlfriend. While in the shower he strangled her until she was unconscious, when she came to and he realized she was still alive..that is when he supposedly stabbed her.
“Stephen King-esque..I’m not saying that God didn’t talk to him but, I just don’t think that that’s the way God intended on bringing people up to him,” said Charles Cornwell.
The Cornwells live right across from where it all happened. They say they had never seen Bradley before, and while they’re praying for the victim and her family, they’re left wondering if this all may have been prevented had Bradley sought psychiatric help
“God, I just pray for her and her family. It’s just unbelievable. I just don’t know what’s wrong with people today,” said Tina Cornwell.
The identity or condition of the victim have not been released.
