CHICAGO (CBS) — Police in Northwest Indiana say a 51-year old man has been arrested on charges he held his wife and another woman hostage over the past couple of weeks and beat and intimidated them.
A woman told police that James Skehan, 51 beat her and his own wife in a Michigan City trailer, covering the victims’ mouths when police arrived.
A neighbor had called police after hearing the abuse.
According to the Northwest Indiana Times, Skehan moved the two women to a hotel where he kept them frightened for their lives until Saturday.
Skehan’s wife escaped after Skehan told her to go buy beer for him.
Eventually, the ex-husband of the other woman became concerned about her whereabouts and called police.
Skehan was then arrested.
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