Police arrested a Minnesota man on Sunday after he allegedly held his girlfriend captive inside her dorm room, torturing her for three days.
as a form of torture in which water is poured into a victim’s nose and mouth while the person is lying on their back on an incline with the person’s feet above their head, according to Britannica.
“As the victim’s sinus cavities and mouth fill with water, his gag reflex causes him to expel air from his lungs, leaving him unable to exhale and unable to inhale without aspirating water,” the website reads.article said the suspect now faces five felony charges, including three for criminal sexual conduct, one for threats of violence, and a single count for domestic assault by strangulation.
Labatte took her phone away and raped her, the victim told investigators, according to the complaint. Labatte also choked her until “she was unable to breathe, felt lightheaded and saw stars,” the complaint states. He then threatened to kill her and her family, the complaint states, and “reminded her that she knew what he had done to a prior girlfriend.”Labatte is also accused of waterboarding the young woman in the bathtub.
She eventually escaped from the suspect early Sunday once he allowed her to get food at the campus dining hall. Beforehand, he returned her phone and told her to stay in contact via Snapchat. However, the young woman contacted police to report what allegedly happened to her, and she was taken to a hospital for a medical check.
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