RUPERT W.Va. (WVDN) – According to a criminal complaint, on September 20, an officer was dispatched to the vicinity of Rupert in Greenbrier County for reports of a woman screaming for help, and a man also yelling inside a residence.

With assistance from another officer, both reportedly approached the residence and knocked multiple times with no response. One of the officers then observed through a window a woman sitting on a bed and allegedly sobbing. The criminal complaint states that the officer then advised the woman to step outside.

When she got outside, the victim reportedly said that her long-time boyfriend and cohabitant, identified as Gary Rutherford, was in the residence and allegedly became angry when she refused to have sex with him. According to the criminal complaint, the vi

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