Woman May Have Bitten Husband to Death

ABC NEWS ^ | 10.19.02

[Enemy Of The State]

Woman May Have Bitten Husband to Death?

Oct. 18

— MODESTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A California woman who allegedly flew into a rage and bit her husband repeatedly after he refused to have sex with her is being held on charges that police say may eventually include murder.

Modesto police said that Kelli Pratt, 45, attacked her 65-year-old husband Arthur on Oct. 7, holding him down and biting him some 20 times after a dispute over sex.

"Most of the bites were confined to his arm and his abdomen and a few were very deep with major tissue damage," Sgt. Al Carter of the Modesto police told a television news reporter Thursday.

The Modesto Bee newspaper reported that Arthur Pratt, whose skin was covered with more than 20 deep tooth marks, died Sunday at a local hospital and that the local forensic pathologist believes the bites are the likely cause of death.

"He (the husband) was able to dial 911 (emergency) that night," Carter told the newspaper. "We have a tape recording of him screaming while she was biting him. When officers arrived, he was screaming that he'd been assaulted. She fought with the officers and tried to bite them, too."

Arthur Pratt had a history of medical problems including diabetes, heart and circulation problems. An official ruling on the possible homicide charge is awaiting toxicology tests, which could determine whether the bites caused an infection that proved fatal, the Bee said.

Carter said police were already persuaded that "his death was a direct result of being bitten."

"I've seen cases where dogs have bitten kids, and blood loss or infection led to death," Carter said. "I've never heard of anyone being bitten to death (by a human) before."

Kelli Pratt is currently being held in Modesto, about 90 miles east of San Francisco, on charges of elder abuse, domestic violence and assault on a police officer.

[EggsAckley]

Gives new meaning to the expression "bite me."

[07055]

Marv Albert, come on down! Do we have a lady for you!

[07055]

Now why couldn't Clinton have brought *this* woman into the Oval Office?

[fone]

She'll rank pretty low on the food chain in the slammer.

[GirlShortstop]

"He (the husband) was able to dial 911 (emergency) that night," Carter told the newspaper. "We have a tape recording of him screaming while she was biting him..."   DOMESTIC ABUSE... will  NOW  step-up and condemn the actions of this lunatic, or do awful things only happen to women?

[fone]

Most husband abuse goes unreported, or not investigated at all.

[mhking]

Posted three times in the past several days, plus one other time today:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/771630/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/771272/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/771174/posts

[Gunrunner2]

Indeed. My brother was married to a woman that would physically attack him. Kind of a Jeckle and Hyde thing, all nice before marrage and turned abusive after.

Finally, after having hot water (not scalding) thrown on him as he slept, he called the police. The police were, shall we say, less than sympathetic--imagine, in Texas, a man not fighting back (but if he did, HE would be in jail).

So, my brother goes to a woman's shelter and was turned away--was told his presence was unwelcome, as the shelter is for abused women only and men just have to fend for themselves. Nice.

My brother eneded up living in his car for about a week (poor college student) until he overcame his shame and called and we were able to help out.

[fone]

>>> until he overcame his shame <<<

I've read that's usually why men take little action about being abused. I recall about 5 or so years ago, a man went to a local womans' shelter. Although they were "sympathetic" to his cause (so they claim) they had no facilites for him (separate from the women). He went to his human resource department at work, and they could do nothing for him.

All of this came out during his murder trial. His family "didn't know" how bad it really was. His wife by the way got the charges reduced to Man2 on a plea bargain.

[Enemy Of The State]

I did a search before posting this and it turned up NOTHING related and it is my thought that replies like yours are rather unnecessary.

[FITZ]

Besides we like reading about how the democrats do things.

[Sunshine55]

Maybe we can convince Carolyn Condit to do the same thing to Gary! The poor woman is starving to death!

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

That should be a lesson to all.The next time you bring one home from the pound make sure she's got a RABIES SHOT!