A woman allegedly beat her boyfriend with a bat at their first face-to-face meeting following two years of online dating.
Haley Fox, 24, of Turner, Oregon, fractured 26-year-old Samuel Campbell’s
Skull with a baseball bat at her home last Wednesday. She has been charged with first-degree assault. Fox and Campbell, of Adger, Alabama, had been in a relationship for around two years after meeting online.
Earlier this month, he moved to Oregon to live with Ms Fox, according to a report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Campbell went to his girlfriend’s home on April 8, to meet in person for the first time. According to the police report, Ms Fox led him to a table outside of the residence where he sat down to drink wine. She then asked him to close his eyes and struck him three times from behind on the head with a metal baseball bat.
The 26-year-old victim suffered cuts to the head that required staples and a fractured skull. Fox told investigators that she decided to hurt Campbell because she did not want to be his girlfriend. Investigators learned that an additional party was present and may have witnessed the assault. Jennifer Beaumont, 26, has been interviewed but her involvement is yet unclear.
Fox was arrested on April 9 and charged with Assault I. She has yet to enter a plea, posted bail and was released from custody. Campbell was treated and released from Salem Hospital.