Posted on 01/07/2005 11:44:09 AM PST by Ellesu
People Witness Beating Inside Home:
TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- A 25-year-old Titusville man faces murder charges Wednesday after he allegedly beat his live-in girlfriend repeatedly for 10 to 11 hours with a vacuum, table leg and beer bottle in front of witnesses, according to a Local 6 News report.
Police arrested Gregory McGruder, 25, Tuesday night after Titusville police responded to a disturbance call at an apartment in the 1200 block of Cheney Highway.
Police found Amanda Joy Ratliff, 20, duct taped and severely beaten, police spokesman Warren Van Vuren said. She was transported to Parish Medical Center where she died.
"It doesn't get any worse than this when it comes to domestic violence," Van Vuren said. "Our hearts go out to the family members of the deceased and we certainly hope we can help anyone else out there that may be in a situation like this."
There were several witnesses inside the home during the beating, Local 6 News has learned. Police would not go into details as to why people inside the house did not stop the beating other than to say McGruder apparently threatened to kill them, Local 6 News reported.
Ratliff and McGruder have been living together in the apartment since at least July 2004.
McGruder is being held at the Brevard County Jail in Sharpes.
FIRST SUVs! NOW, VACUUMS AND FURNITURE! IT'S A CONSPIRACY!.....
agreed. how sad for her family
The title reminds me of Beauty & the beast, where the candle sticks & broom & table all dance around & sing.
Regardless, the guy should fry.
This is the type of person who deserves my favorite fantasy punishment. Staple his scrotum to a tree stump, set the stump on fire, and give him a rusty razor blade.
"I say Greg will beat Amanda for 8 hours!"
"I've got 12 hours!"
"12? Nah, she'll be dead by then. Put me down for 11!"
Too bad the guy didn't resist arrest and get shot and killed by the police.
at DU, they will soon launch a fundraising campaign to pay for his defence, since he had a bad childhood, and his parents didn't let him play on the baseball team. He's a victim after all /sarcasm
That's better than having your entrails cut out and burned.
it's obviously Bush's fault... or Halliburton's /sarcasm
I knew a girl who told her boyfriend that if she ever caught him cheating, she would wait till he slept, wake up his Mr. Happy (if you know what I mean) and superglue it to his leg.
People inside the place didn't stop the crazy creep? Amazing!
All I ask is that you give me 11 Hours, a Vacuum, and a Table Leg with this guy. He would have had to kill me.
Don't forget the beer bottle.
If only there had been stronger gun control laws. Oh, wait..
How do you put out a fire with a razor blade?
What would you do if you were small, a female and a man threatened to kill you if you reported what he was doing to another female victim?
Would you bide your time until you could get within positive striking range and hit him on the head as hard as you could with a steel frying pan or another solid heavy object. Would you continue to beat him until you were positive that he was dead?
Or would you meekly and mildly say, "I won't report you, I promise"?
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