Thursday, January 29, 2009

King County prosecutors filed assault charges Wednesday against a Seattle man accused of attempting to "sacrifice" his live-in girlfriend.

According to police, Oumar Lam's 26-year-old girlfriend arrived at their Queen Anne apartment Sunday to find him lying naked on a couch near a candle-lit altar. The woman told police she was seated on a bed when Lam attacked her from behind, pulling a pillowcase over her head and attempting to suffocate her.

Pulling her head back, Lam, 31, allegedly sliced the woman's throat while yelling in an unidentified language, according to court documents. She told police she attempted to break away from him as he pulled her toward the altar, at which he had apparently been praying for hours before her arrival.

The woman told police he was ranting to himself throughout the attack.

"Die, die and go alone," Lam said repeatedly, according to police reports. "You have to go by yourself."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/397830_assault29.html?source=rss

The victim managed to reach her cell phone and call 911, then rushed to the bathroom to rinse off. Lam followed and tried to throw her in the bathtub, repeating "Die, die and go alone. You have to go by yourself."

The woman took his words to mean he was going to kill her "as a part of a sacrifice," and grew very fearful. She grabbed her coat and ran out the apartment.

She began yelling for help and knocking on neighbors' doors. Lam, still naked, caught up with her and dragged her back to the apartment.

Several people who witnessed the scene called 911.

When officers knocked on Lam's door, Lam began ranting, the document states. The victim, who was using a shirt to apply pressure to her throat, was growing weak and dizzy from blood loss. Still, she managed to dodge Lam's reach, open the front door and run out.

The woman told investigators Lam was trying to assault her. When officers tried to arrest him, Lam resisted and began speaking in an unknown language.

The victim underwent emergency surgery at Harborview Medical Center. She is expected to recover.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/38585882.html

This could be "it".

A Sudanese.