Woman went from eating gelato in bed to thinking she was going to die in a matter of seconds when boyfriend said he 'had no other option': Police

A Wisconsin antheral accused of strangling his girlfriend told constabulary that she was the 1 who was hurting him.

Rudolf Knapp, 59, is successful custody astatine the Outagamie County Jail aft helium was arrested connected Sunday and charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation, battery, and disorderly conduct. According to a Facebook station by the Fox Valley Metro Police Department, officers responded to a location successful Little Chute, Wisconsin, astatine 11:45 p.m. aft receiving a telephone astir a disturbance.

According to a transgression ailment reviewed by Law&Crime, the telephone was placed by the lad of a pistillate surviving successful the home, who told dispatchers that his parent was "screaming for help." The lad past told dispatchers that his parent was being choked by an "unknown male." Police said dispatchers noted that the lad stopped answering questions and determination was "a batch of screaming successful the background."

According to the complaint, the pistillate was holding a container of frozen nutrient to her close oculus erstwhile constabulary arrived. Officers noticed that she had a bloody rima and "red marks" connected her neck. She told constabulary she did not privation to sermon the alleged incidental successful beforehand of her son. While she initially refused aesculapian treatment, she had a person bring her to the hospital. The pistillate told constabulary that she wanted Knapp arrested truthful she could "feel safe."

While being treated astatine the hospital, the pistillate told constabulary that she was eating gelato portion she and Knapp were successful furniture connected Sunday nighttime erstwhile the mates started arguing. Knapp allegedly got connected apical of her, enactment his hands astir her neck, and started to choke her. Police said the pistillate was incapable to respire oregon talk and went "in and retired of consciousness."

The pistillate told constabulary that she "thought she was going to die."

Officers spoke to the woman's son, who told them that helium heard a commotion from his mother's chamber and past heard her screaming. He past saw a antheral helium did not know, aboriginal identified arsenic Knapp, connected apical of her. He started yelling astatine Knapp, asking him what helium was doing successful the location and who helium was. Knapp was reportedly getting his overgarment connected earlier fleeing the country successful his Mercedes Benz.

Police said the pistillate has since been released from the hospital, and she fto investigators look astatine her phone. According to the complaint, Knapp sent her a fig of texts that she did not respond to. One of them read, "I person nary thought however I mislaid power the mode I did tonight. I americium evil and sick. There is nary question successful my caput of what I person to bash now," and "Thank you for 1 past bully day." Knapp allegedly made respective threats to instrumentality his ain life.

According to the complaint, constabulary spoke with 1 of Knapp's friends, who said that helium allegedly confessed to the battle and made suicidal comments. Police went to Knapp's home, but helium refused to reply the door. On Monday, Knapp showed up astatine the Outagamie Sheriff's Office to study that helium had been "drugged and assaulted."

When constabulary questioned Knapp, helium told them helium acted successful self-defense, telling officers, "I conscionable wanted her to halt hurting me. I was conscionable truthful bushed of being wounded by everybody." According to the complaint, helium told the constabulary that the pistillate gave him hydroxyzine to assistance with his anxiousness aft they attended religion connected Easter. When they went to furniture that night, Knapp said the pistillate allegedly started "swinging" a container cutter oregon razor leaf astatine him portion screaming astir the custody of her children.

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Knapp allegedly told constabulary that helium "had nary different option" than to strangle the pistillate due to the fact that she was "going to termination him." He besides claimed that the pistillate enactment Xanax successful a soda she gave him.

Police questioned Knapp astir the cuts that were connected his body, telling him they were not accordant with the conflict helium oregon the pistillate described. He past reportedly told constabulary helium had intelligence wellness issues, saying, "I americium a monster. I've ne'er been a atrocious person," erstwhile asked wherefore helium allegedly reacted the mode helium did. He besides admitted that the cuts connected his assemblage were self-inflicted.

Knapp is presently successful custody astatine the Outagamie County Jail, wherever helium is being held connected $500,000 currency bond. He appeared successful tribunal connected Tuesday, and his adjacent quality has not yet been scheduled.