LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — An Ephrata man has been charged with strangulation and assault after threatening to kill a woman and bury her where no one would find her body, according to court documents.
Northern Lancaster Regional police were called around 10:46 p.m. to the scene regarding a reported domestic assault in progress, an affidavit showed. The victim said the incident had been happening since around 5 p.m.
She told police that Rory Oatman, 33, slapped her five times in the head before pulling her off a bed by her hair and dragging her into another room, where he then struck her on the butt…