Woman Loses Arm; Husband Lies

Police say Stephen Humphrey dragged his wife down a dirt road, her arm tangled in the seatbelt strap through the open door of his pickup, until the limb ripped clean from her body.

The couple was heading home from Fenders Bar & Grill when they began to argue and Stephen Humphrey told his wife to get out of the truck.

Brenda Humphrey agreed, but reached through the passenger door to grab her cell phone. Her husband took off and her arm got tangled in the seatbelt. After she was dragged a distance, her feet got caught beneath a rear tire, and her arm severed between the shoulder and the elbow.

What's disturbing is this: Stephen Humphrey initially told police he'd let his wife out of the truck so she could relieve herself. He drove down the road, then turned around to pick her up and discovered her lying in a ditch, her right arm missing. He said she'd been hit by another car.

Innocent men don't lie. If it was simply an accident, why invent another car--redirecting blame? And there is NO way he didn't know she was stuck, let's imagine the sound of her screaming as she was being drug down the road.

His lawyer says he's a hero, rushing his injured wife to the hospital before she bled to death.

A hero? More like a wife-beater. For those who do not understand the dynamics of domestic violence, this case sounds eerily like too many. Driving recklessly with the partner in the car threatening to hurt them with the vehicle in some way, pushing them out of the speeding car, speeding away while they are still holding the door, etc.. are common fear-tools utilized by abusers.

My guess is he either pushed her out where she got tangled in the seat belt, or he told her to get out and when she did he became enraged and sped off. Most likely enjoying the fact that she was caught in the belt cause how dare she argue with him.
Oh and yea-it wasn't until she was seriously injured did he realize he needed a "story".

In addition to her lost arm, Brenda suffered a fractured pelvis and ruptured bladder.
Read here: He drove till arm tore off, police charge.