A George County, Mississippi, woman is sharing her experience as a survivor of domestic violence in hopes of urging others in abusive relationships to get out.
Courtney Schouest said she was beaten for hours by the father of her daughter, Chase Tanner, and left with serious injuries. She managed to get away, pulling herself through a barbed-wire fence to reach a nearby home, where a couple took her in and called 911.
Tanner was on the run for three days before he was taken into custody and is charged with domestic violence-aggravated assault, according to authorities.
Schouest said she is telling her story to try to save another woman. She encouraged anyone in a violent relationship to leave as soon as possible.
“If he tells you he’s going to kill you one day he will eventually try. Because I didn’t believe it either and I kept going back over and over and over. And he eventually did what everybody told me he was going to do,” Schouest said.