BELLINGHAM — Whatcom County sheriff’s deputies say a woman intentionally crashed her car into a building to escape her new boyfriend, who had kidnapped her and threatened further violence.
The Bellingham Herald reported that he had faced previous domestic violence charges in other states.
Sheriff’s deputies were alerted Wednesday that the couple had come into a local market and the woman, who appeared to have been beaten, mouthed the words, “help me.”
Deputy Doug Chadwick saids they drove off and then five minutes later, a dark green Oldsmobile crashed into the wall of a gas station.
