LARAMIE, Wyoming (KNX) – A California man was arrested in Wyoming after he allegedly killed and tried to dismember a man he said attempted to rape his girlfriend, police said.
Laramie Police arrested Hunter O. Fulton on June 27 following an investigation of a missing person. Fulton was arrested for second-degree murder and mutilation of dead bodies, the department said.
An affidavit obtained by the Laramie Boomerang revealed that Fulton told police he and his girlfriend were at a bar when they met with victim. Fulton’s girlfriend reportedly confirmed this, and said the victim tried to make a sexual pass at her but when confronted by Fulton then apologized.
When she and Fulton went to their hotel room, Fulton stepped out at which point the victim appeared and tried to sexually assault her at knife point. When Fulton came back, a fight ensued between the two men and Fulton shot him.
“If your girlfriend would have gotten raped you would have killed him too,” Fulton told police, according to the newspaper.
Fulton was in the parking lot of the hotel at the time of his arrest. An investigation later revealed Fulton purchased “multiple saws and a box of trash bags.”
Fulton is being held at the Albany County Detention Center on $1 million bond. Officials said the girlfriend was not charged in the case.
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