WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A daughter is facing charges after she strangles her mother.
According to White Sulphur Springs Police Officers, on November 6, 2022, they responded to Moores Laundry Mat, where a mother said she and her daughter had been in a physical altercation. The mother said the incident happened at Red Body Shop when her daughter, April Wiley, pushed her down, got on top of her, and strangled her. The mother says her daughter was choking her, her airway was blocked, and her vision blurred. She also said that her daughter put so much effort and force into strangling her that she urinated on herself.
When police went to the body shop looking for April Wiley, they found her, and she admitted that they did get into a verbal altercation. She said her mother walked towards her with her hand up but didn’t think she would hit her, but thought she might pull her hair. The daughter said that’s when she pushed her mother to the ground and when her mother tried to get up off the ground, she punched her and began strangling her.
The mother had to seek medical care due to her injuries.
April Dowdy was charged with strangulation. She is currently out on bond.
