Woman Beat And Strangled Mother Then Went To Sleep: Middletown PD

MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Middletown woman was arrested after she beat, bit and strangled her mother and then went to sleep in a bloody bedroom as if nothing happened, police said.

The victim said she was assaulted a few hours prior to her calling 911 because her daughter wouldn't let her call police, police said. There was an active protective order that prohibits her daughter from seeing her.

The victim had dry blood in her hair and bite marks on her arm. She told police she was punched several times in the head, beat with a metal stool and bit several times. Her daughter Leah LePage, 22, also threatened to kill her if she called police, according to police.

Police found LePage and her boyfriend sleeping in the upstairs bedroom of the residence. Officers found a large amount of blood on the floor and their boots were sticking to the ground, police said.

LePage was charged with violation of a protective order, second-degree assault, second-degree threatening, second-degree strangulation and disorderly conduct. She was held in lieu of $50,000 bail.

LePage's boyfriend Michael Wiley, 25, of East Hampton was also arrested after he became disruptive during the investigation, police said. During booking he picked at an old wound and smeared blood on the walls and cell doors, police said. He also spit on a computer during the booking process. He was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and interfering with police. He was held in lieu of $25,000 bail.