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Written by K Bishop
Published November 25, 2022 @ 9:02 AM ET
Baldwin County (October 19, 2022) – On June 17, 2020, police responded to a home invasion on Butler Road in Milledgeville when a couple had been viscously attacked and beaten while in their bed with a metal pipe. Two years later, police have arrested Bailey Dawson McDaniel, in connection with the violent assault.
The son of one of the victims, who was in the home at the time, called police when he heard the couple being attacked. The suspect was gone by the time police arrived. The officers noted there was broken glass on the floor where a window had been broken.
The victims told police they were in bed asleep when a man wearing a bandana and gloves, carrying a pipe and a handgun, kicked in their bedroom door and attacked. The male victim suffered from a head injury, and the female victim had a cut on her wrist.
The male victim hit his attacker over the head with an ashtray and a lamp during the attack. One of the victims quoted their attacker as saying, “I want to see you crawl, you child molester.”
One of the victims told officers they believed a family member sent someone to attack the pair, saying he disapproved of their relationship because of past issues. According to reports, the suspect told the male victim he “better be gone when I come back.”
McDaniel was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and home invasion. He was booked into the Baldwin County Jail.
Officer’s Narrative:
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[NARRATIVE #1 on June 17, 2020]
On 06/17/2020, I was dispatched to [300 BLOCK] Butler Road in reference to a home invasion. The on call detective was called and the scene was turned over to him for further investigation.
[End of Narrative]
[NARRATIVE #2 on June 17, 2020]
On 06/17/2020, I responded to [300 BLOCK] Butler Rd in reference to a home invasion. I made contact with [WITNESS #1] and [WITNESS #2] down the Road from [300 BLOCK] Butler Road. [WITNESS #2] stated that he was the victim’s son and that he and [WITNESS #1] heard the attack from another room in the house. Both [WITNESS #1] and [WITNESS #2] gave a written statement.
Upon arrival, I made contact with [VICTIM #1] and [VICTIM #2]. [VICTIM #2] had a cut on her left wrist and [VICTIM #1] was cut on the side of his head. There was shattered glass in the doorway of the house where the front door window had been broken.
[VICTIM #1] stated that they were asleep in bed when someone kicked the bedroom door open and began to attack [VICTIM #1] and [VICTIM #2]. [VICTIM #1] state that there may have been two offenders but he was only able to remember one of them. [VICTIM #1] stated that the subject he remembered hit the side of his head with a metal pipe. [VICTIM #1] stated that he hit the offender over his head with a glass ash tray and a lamp. [VICTIM #1] stated that the offender told [VICTIM #1] “I want to see you crawl you child molester”. [VICTIM #1] stated that the offender told [VICTIM #1] that he better be gone before he came back. [VICTIM #1] stated that the offender was a white male, but he did not remember what the offender was wearing. [VICTIM #1] stated the offender was wearing gloves but he did not know what color they were.
[VICTIM #2] also stated that she and [VICTIM #1] were in bed when the offender kicked open the bedroom door and began to attack [VICTIM #1]. [VICTIM #2] stated that she did not see what the offender was wearing other than a bandana over his face that was possibly white and black. [VICTIM #1] and [VICTIM #2] both stated that the offender had a metal pipe and a hand gun.
[VICTIM #1] stated that he believed [REDACTED], who is [VICTIM #2] brother, sent the offender to attack him. [VICTIM #2] also stated that she believed [REDACTED] sent the offender in order to protect her from [VICTIM #1] because of past issues between [VICTIM #2] and [VICTIM #1].
[VICTIM #2] and [VICTIM #1] left in their vehicle to go to the hospital for their injuries and detectives were called to process that scene.
[End of Narrative]
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