An Oregon man was arrested and charged with assaulting his wife with hot frying oil and with the attempted murder of his 7-month-old son, according to Columbia County Sheriff investigators.
Police responded to a report of domestic violence at a home in the 19000 block of Swedetown Road in the Clatskanie area from a domestic violence advocate on late Tuesday, Jan. 16. When authorities arrived, they found a female victim showing signs of having her hands forced into hot frying oil, and the child showed signs of having been strangled, according to a police statement on Jan. 18.
