'He knew it was over': Man cracked ex-girlfriend's skull open with claw hammer after she 'blocked him'

An Alabama antheral is headed to prison for a vicious claw hammer onslaught connected his ex-girlfriend aft she chopped disconnected each interaction pursuing their breakup.

"He knew it was implicit with," unfortunate Brittany Moulton told section ABC affiliate WDHN astir her ex, Latarius Dale, who was recovered guilty past week of first-degree home unit by a Houston County jury.

"He had nary control," Moulton said astir what led to the February 2025 attack. "He knew that time I had blocked him helium couldn't get successful interaction with me, didn't cognize wherever I was oregon what I was doing, helium was assuming I was retired doing things with people."

A justice sentenced Dale to beingness successful situation connected May 21, with the anticipation of parole, according to section CBS affiliate WTVY. Moulton was reportedly successful the courtroom and visibly affectional arsenic the justice handed down the condemnation pursuing Dale's conviction.

"I bash consciousness that justness was served, and I anticipation that I tin beryllium a dependable for different victims to not springiness up and to enactment strong," Moulton told WTVY.

Prosecutors had accused Dale of breaking into Moulton's location successful Lovetown and attacking her with a claw hammer. He deed Moulton successful the face, caput and thorax implicit 2 twelve times until she was unconscious.

"I heard 2 footsteps. I can't get the 2 footsteps retired of my head," Moulton told WTVY successful April. "All I could spot is simply a achromatic figure. He was dressed successful each achromatic and astatine that clip that was my worst fear, idiosyncratic breaking successful connected me."

As a effect of the attack, Moulton has a metallic sheet wrong her head, and 1 of her retinas was torn, leaving her unsighted successful her close eye. She attempted to spell to a neighbor's location afterward to inquire for assistance and was recovered successful the beforehand gait the adjacent morning.

"God said, 'Girl, you request to get outside,'" Moulton recounted to WTVY. "I heard Him wide arsenic day. Like, from the close side, I heard it and I conscionable retrieve thinking, looking up, 'I perceive you.' So I walked outside. I walked to my neighbor's yard. Knocked connected her door, and she didn't answer. So, I conscionable retrieve saying, 'I'm tired,' and I fell retired successful the yard."

Describing her injuries, Moulton told the section outlet, "I person a metallic sheet wrong of my head. I was sewn up from receptor to ear. So my full head, the apical of my caput is conscionable afloat of scars and my retinas were torn successful my close eye. I can't spot thing retired of my close eye."

Dale, who has children with Moulton, had been arrested and charged successful 2023 with third-degree home unit successful transportation with different alleged incident. But Moulton reportedly asked the justice to driblet the charge.

"I was like, 'We're raising kids together. Let maine spell driblet these charges.' And that's what I told the judge," Moulton recalled. "When helium [the judge] asked me, 'Is helium making you bash this? Is anyone making you bash this?' I said, 'No, we're raising kids unneurotic and we'll get it unneurotic 1 day.'"

Moulton yet ended the narration for bully successful November 2024, 3 months earlier she was attacked. "I got retired and I said, 'I'm not coming back,'" she remembered.

"There's ever options for help," Moulton told WTVY past week. "If anyone ever needs immoderate help, immoderate advice, oregon to interaction the resources, ne'er hesitate. I basal with each the victims."