Albion man booked for imprisonment, mutilation

Whitman County sheriff’s deputies booked into jail Nathaniel B. Simon II, 54, Albion, Tuesday night on probable charges that he imprisoned, strangled and mutilated his live-in girlfriend, Debra Lowry, 46.

Deputies were called to Simon’s Albion home after receiving a call from Lowry Tuesday afternoon. Lowry reported she had been choked unconscious and had words carved into her chest. She also said she had been held hostage at the home since Friday, Sheriff Brett Myers told the Gazette Wednesday morning.

Deputies reported the words “Do not resuscitate” were carved into Lowry’s chest. Lowry told...