W.Va. Man Accused of Enslaving, Torturing Wife

[Judi Lynn]

W.Va. Man Accused of Enslaving, Torturing Wife
By VICKI SMITH Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. July 11, 2012 (AP)

Authorities say a West Virginia man tortured and enslaved his wife for much of the past decade, forcing her to endure two pregnancies and deliveries in shackles.

A criminal complaint against Peter Lizon, 37, says one of those babies was stillborn and buried on the family farm in Leroy. The other survived but apparently has never had any medical care.

Lizon was in jail Wednesday on $300,000 bond. He was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on a malicious wounding charge Friday morning in Jackson County Magistrate Court.

Chief Deputy Tony Boggs said 43-year-old Stephanie Lizon endured more suffering than virtually any domestic violence victim he's seen.

More:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wva-man-accused-enslaving-torturing-wife-16755246

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West Virginia man accused of enslaving wife in chains for 10 years
By Andrew Mach, msnbc.com

A West Virginia man was arrested Thursday for allegedly making his wife his slave, abusing her and holding her hostage for almost a decade.

Authorities in Jackson County, W.Va., charged Peter Lizon of Leroy, W.Va., with malicious wounding after a woman staying at a domestic-violence shelter filed a criminal complaint, alleging a woman she met was brutally beaten by her husband.

In an interview with investigators, the woman said she met Lizon’s wife, Stephanie, 43, while staying at the Family Crisis Intervention Center in Parkersburg, W.Va., and described her as “gaunt and filthy.”

According to the criminal complaint, Stephanie told the woman that she recently escaped from her husband, who had kept her chained up with metal padlocks for about 10 years, which tore into the skin on her hands and ankles, leaving noticeable scar tissue. Her feet were also “mutilated and swollen” after her husband allegedly smashed her foot with a scoop attachment from a farm tractor.

More:
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/11/12681791-west-virginia-man-accused-of-enslaving-wife-in-chains-for-10-years?lite

[badtoworse]

1. Low life scum

He should get a specially selected cellmate.

[Warpy]

2. Men like this belong in prison

and far away from women and girls.

I don't think having a cellmate who lives on cigars and raw garlic and thinks he's real cute is going to do any good.

Just lock him up so the female half of the population is safer, please.

[badtoworse]

4. "Men" don't treat women this way. This guy is an animal.

[cthulu2016]

5. Care to specify what you mean by that?

[Schema Thing]

6. pretty sure he meant a fellow prisoner who has taken up psychology through the prison library system

[Turbineguy]

3. The GOP is probably looking to delay his trial until after the election.

They need all the votes they can get.