A man in
West Virginia was arrested after he allegedly kidnapped and tortured a woman by burning her with a torch.
Philippi Police Department officers were called to a residence after a report of
a domestic disturbance on Jan. 24, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WBOY.
Officers found the female victim hiding underneath the porch of the Philippi, West Virginia residence, and told police that the suspect, Sammy Martz, 47, "had hit her in the face."
The female victim told police officers that she "escaped the residence via the rear window and ran from the residence to hide" after Martz "threatened to kill her and had burnt her with a torch on her stomach and her leg," the complaint read, according to the report.
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