๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐
- Raw Pettis
- May 27
- 2 min read
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ: ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ.
On May 25, 2026, officers with the Sedalia Police Department responded to Bothwell Regional Health Center in reference to a domestic assault report.
Officers arrived at the hospital and made contact with the victim. The victim stated that between approximately 3:20 a.m. and 3:39 a.m., an altercation occurred between her and her boyfriend, Christopher D. Hatfield. The victim said she had been texting her uncle when Hatfield questioned who she was messaging. The victim told Hatfield she was looking at a song, which reportedly upset him.
According to the victim, Hatfield attempted to take her phone. During the struggle over the phone, Hatfield wrapped his arms around the victimโs neck and choked her. The victim stated that after she woke up, she went to the hospital because she was experiencing pain from the incident. She reported being extremely frightened during the assault and screamed for her roommate.
The victim provided screenshots of messages allegedly sent by Hatfield to one of her friends. In the messages, Hatfield reportedly stated that he and the victim โhad a fight late last nightโ and admitted he tried to grab the phone from her, leaving bruises in the process. Hatfield reportedly stated he was not trying to leave bruises and was only attempting to get the phone from her hands, but she wanted to โstruggleโ with him.
Officers later went to a residence in the 400 block of North Prospect Avenue to contact Hatfield. Hatfield told officers he woke up and saw the victim texting someone on her phone. He stated he asked who she was texting and believed she lied to him. Hatfield said he demanded to see the phone, and when the victim became defensive, he attempted to take it from her. Hatfield admitted that during the struggle, he had his arm around the victim while trying to take the phone and stated he accidentally choked her. He said the struggle lasted about 10 seconds and later attempted to deny choking the victim.
According to the report, Hatfieldโs criminal history includes a felony conviction for first-degree property damage, a misdemeanor conviction for domestic battery, and a local ordinance charge for endangering the welfare of a child. Hatfield is now charged with domestic assault in the second degree.
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