BPD rescue badly beaten woman

Bogalusa Police officers who were responding to a request for a welfare check on a woman last week found a “brutally beaten” woman in a Royal Street residence that was reportedly bloody throughout. A baby was also found in the house and was taken into Office of Community Services custody, according to a BPD spokesman.

Capt. Joe Culpepper said a call came in at approximately 8:30 p.m. last Monday that a woman was being held against her will and was being beaten by her boyfriend.

When responding officers arrived at the scene and knocked on the door, nobody answered, but they heard a disturbance inside, so they broke down the door, he said.

“When they got inside, they found a young female under a mattress bleeding profusely from numerous wounds to her face, eyes, ears, back…,” said Culpepper. “She was brutally beaten. They also found a 3-month-old child, which was taken into OCS custody.’

One veteran officer described the beating as the worst he’d ever seen.

The victim was taken to the hospital and released Friday.

Hendrick Rashard Myers, 28, 1007 S. Royal, was charged with aggravated second degree battery and second degree kidnapping. A conviction for the first charge carries up to 15 years in prison, and the second carries five to 40 years, according to Culpepper.