WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Winter Haven Police Department (WHPD) said a man facing multiple charges after a "brutal attack" turned himself in to authorities Friday evening.
Raymond Martin Mikeal III, 37, faces charges of 2nd degree murder, false imprisonment, domestic battery by strangulation, criminal mischief, and tampering with a witness.
Mikeal was in an argument with a female victim inside a residence on Oct. 2 when he grabbed her phone and slammed it to the ground, WHPD said. He then hit the victim multiple times.
WHPD said the victim then attempted to run away and was thrown on the floor and he stomped on her.
He then is alleged to have grabbed the woman by the neck and struck her in the face, officials said.
The woman escaped and ran for help, while Mikeal left the area.
WHPD issued an alert to the community on Friday afternoon to help locate Mikeal. On Friday evening, around 10 p.m., WHPD announced he had turned himself in at the Polk County Sheriff's Office Booking Facility.
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