MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. – A Minnesota City woman said she was beaten and strangled after returning to her boyfriend’s place after a night of drinking. The woman, age 20, said her boyfriend told her to go home to her place but she, feeling sick, said he couldn’t drive. He then yelled at her, called her names, struck her to the floor, and strangled her, she told deputies. This was about 1:05 a.m. at the Hidden Valley trailer court. Medics treated the woman on-site for a bloody head wound, which she said may have come from being hit by a heavy object or from being slammed to the floor or from falling. Deputies said that the boyfriend, Erick Jhodanni Bustillos-Cavazos, 22, denied any physical assault. Deputies took him to jail anyway and booked him for domestic assault and strangulation. Deputies said they understood the two had been a couple about three months.
Bustillos-Cavazos. “Me? Not me.”