Authorities: Man burned wife with oil for unseasoned chicken
January 19, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon say a man put his wife's hand in boiling cooking oil because she did not season the fried chicken she was making.
Columbia County officials also said Friday that Jeremiah Daniel Crothers attempted to smother the couple's 7-month-old son with his hands and beat his wife when she intervened as the child was turning blue.
The 34-year-old Crothers, of Clatskanie, has not yet entered a plea.
He will be in court again next week on multiple felony charges, including attempted murder, strangulation and assault.
His public defender, Lee Wachocki, decline...
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