
A US man who was arrested on charges of assaulting his
wife has told police that a ghost was actually responsible for the
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Michael F. West, 41, from Wisconsin, was charged this week with
strangulation, battery, disorderly conduct and resisting or
obstructing an officer, the Oshkosh Northwestern reported.
He was arrested on Jan. 15 after police were called to his home
in Fond du Lac and found a woman bleeding and crying for help.
Police said the woman - his wife - told them her husband had
punched and strangled her during an argument over finances.
But West told police a different story, saying she sustained her
injuries in a fall. When asked specifically about the neck injuries
from the strangulation, West responded, "a ghost did it," The
Northwestern reported.
West was apparently intoxicated when he made the comment, police
said, according to the newspaper.