ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A man who was wanted for violently attacking an ex-girlfriend at gunpoint in St. Louis County last month has been arrested in Texas.
In August, she told police she was raped, strangled, bit and shoved; investigators said there was physical evidence on her to prove it.
Prosecutors issued at-large warrants for Christopher Russell, a 30-year-old man from south St. Louis. Monday, police announced he was arrested in Dallas.
The woman told police she woke up at 4 a.m. on Aug. 19 to Russell being in her bedroom with a gun. She said the violence started with him forcing her to cut off her own hair at gunpoint. From there, the attack became more violent.
In the probable cause statement, she described a series of acts in which she was forced to perform sexual acts on him and on herself, all while having a gun pointed at her. She said Russell raped her and verbally threatened to shoot her.
She said she was pistol-whipped in her head and face. She told St. Louis County police Russell strangled her to the point of dizziness and she had difficulty breathing. She said he shoved her and bit her.
A rape kit was performed, and officers said there was a bite mark and bruising all over the victim’s body, along with injuries on her face, mouth and eye.
The county prosecutor’s office issued the following “at large” warrants: one count of first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy, one count of burglary, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of second-degree domestic assault and two counts of third-degree domestic assault.
