OGDEN — A man who police described as "very possessive and jealous" was arrested Monday after officers say he kidnapped, raped and tortured his wife for hours in a horrific case of domestic abuse.
After the woman escaped and ran to a stranger's house for help, the man went after her while wearing a bulletproof vest and caring an SKS assault rifle.
The incident began about 11:30 p.m. Sunday when the woman returned home, in the 800 block of 22nd Street, from work. Her 28-year-old husband had been forcing her to wear a wireless Bluetooth phone device at work in order to monitor her, said Ogden Police Lt. Scott Conley.
"She has a Bluetooth device attached to her clothing so he can hear whatever takes place throughout her shift," he said.
Sunday night, the husband confronted her about what he thought was a man singing to her. She told him it was the radio. The two argued and eventually moved their conversation to the upstairs bedroom. There, the man told the woman she had to have intercourse with him to prove she loved him, Conley said.
Instead, the woman was tied with ropes to the bed and raped, beaten and tortured until 5 a.m. During that time, the husband continuously replayed the recording he had made of the alleged workplace incident.
Eventually, the woman convinced her husband to release one of her hands, after which he went downstairs, Conley said.
The woman was able to free herself, get dressed and walk downstairs, too. When she saw car keys on the counter, she grabbed them and bolted for the door, Conley said. The man got up and ran after her.
The woman ran to the 2100 block of Monroe and randomly banged on a resident's door. The occupants let the woman inside. Her husband showed up a few moments later and was not allowed inside.
"He then turns and leaves. She feels he's going home to get weapons," Conley said. "They get on the phone with emergency dispatch."
A short time later, the husband returned wearing a bulletproof vest and was carrying two loaded weapons — an SKS assault rifle and a handgun. The man kicked in the door, Conley said, pointed a weapon at the four to five adults inside and demanded to know where his wife was hiding, Conley said.
It was about that same time that police officers arrived at the house. Instead of continuing his fight, however, the man complied with the officers' orders and surrendered without further incident.
"We were very fortunate he was noncombative. The uniformed officers did an excellent job," the lieutenant said.
The husband was booked into the Weber County Jail for investigation of rape, object rape, aggravated burglary, five counts of aggravated assault, displaying a weapon during a fight, two counts of domestic violence in the presence of children, kidnapping, possession of drug paraphernalia and two outstanding misdemeanor warrants.
In order to protect the identity of the victim, the Deseret News is not releasing the name of the husband.
The two have reportedly been married for six years and have two young children. Both children were in the house at the time of the incident, Conley said.
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