A Valentine's Day surprise occurred in Arizona when an apparent agreement between a man and woman became much rougher than expected -- even terrifying. Robert McDaniel, 46, learned to his dismay he was with a "vampire."

On Feb 14, 2007, the two of them had consumed drugs and alcohol together in a shack behind an abandoned house, and McDaniel voluntarily allowed his "friend," Tiffany Sutton, 23, to tie him up. She'd been staying with him for a couple of days and had agreed to participate in kinky sex, although no mention is made of who came up with this idea. With them was a book, The Eighth Circle, a reference to one of the lower arenas in Dante's literary circles of hell. McDaniel ended up in a hell of his own, once he was bound and vulnerable.

According to his story, pieced together from several accounts, Sutton, whom he barely knew, had tied him up and then pulled out several knives and a pickax. She sliced him across the leg with one of the knives, and when he demanded to know what she was doing, she allegedly told him she liked to drink blood and wanted to drink his. Then she placed her mouth to his fresh wound and did just that.

But it didn't end there. She also stabbed him several times in the upper torso. Fearing for his life, McDaniel struggled to get free of his bonds. He knew that if Sutton sliced too deeply or in the wrong place, he could bleed to death in short order. This was most definitely not what he had in mind when he'd envisioned their sexual encounter.

Finally, he managed to get loose of his bonds and escape the shed. However, when he started to run, Sutton allegedly came after him, ax in hand. No mention was made of wounds from this implement, so she apparently did not catch him. Or if she did, she didn't use it on him. He managed to get to a phone to call a friend before passing out.

The friend arrived to find McDaniel's blood-covered body, with Sutton standing nearby, covered only in a blanket. He called 911 and got McDaniel transported by ambulance to a hospital. There, ER staff counted seven stab wounds and several slices. Fortunately, McDaniel survived.

According to newspapers local to Phoenix, such as the Sun, Tempe police arrested Sutton for aggravated assault, although she initially claimed that she had been the victim. In newspaper photos, she appears as a brunette with the typical Goth look of heavy black eye-liner. She insisted that the entire incident had been consensual, so if this case gets to court, it will probably be a matter of which participant the jury believes.

McDaniel told police that he had been tricked: While he'd consented to be bound, he'd had no idea, he said, what Sutton had in mind. He was not keen when she'd cut and stabbed him, and he'd believed she might actually kill him. Yet it came out later that McDaniel had signed a disclaimer before they'd started their Valentine's Day tryst that he would not prosecute if the sex became "crazy." Attorneys will no doubt try to determine whether it's binding.

On April 11, a pretrial conference convened, with a hearing set for mid-June. Sutton was charged with nine counts of aggravated assault. There was no word on who might represent her.

Written by Katherine Ramsland.
Originally published online at The Crime Library.
Reproduced with the permission of the author.

Posted by Vladimir Fri, 07/06/2007 - 23:24

 

Broken Hearts

It feels
Like a part of your soul's
been ripped
from your body
shredded
without a care
and tossed out a ten story window
you feel like you want to explode
like your mind wants to empty
but it can't find a way to vent
and its hard
to sit still
and wait for the moment
when everything
works out right

Raevynn
February 20, 2002

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The beasts of prey
Call you from your shallow slumber
The Ancient voice
Echoes in your mind
And brings you sweet insanity

You feel the thirst
It's everything
Taking over body and soul

It's too late now
You can't resist
Begin your deadly dance

Now darkness falls
And the beasts of prey
Call you from your shallow slumber

Death and carnage
Sustain your being
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I run lonely out into the cold dark night in search of that most elusive of treasures.

Seek me not, find me never it whispers.
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I am eternally damned to this meaningless and conflicting existance.

For I have no peace.

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Dew touches the tips of grass blades while crickets sing in the distance. A lone wolf howls from far off and a soft, white rabbit's ears perk up in alarm, barely shadowed in the dying light.

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