A Florida Keys man was arrested after police said he beat a woman with a conch shell and then threw her into a canal before going to bed, the Miami Herald reported.



Monroe County deputies responded to a report of a woman bleeding from the head at the home of 38-year-old male about 9 miles north of Key West on Sunday, May 5, around 1 p.m.



When deputies arrived, they found a 44-year-old woman bleeding heavily from a large wound on her head with multiple bruises on her body, according to Adam Linhardt, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office.



The woman told deputies he beat her, threw her to the ground and then tossed her into a canal.



Authorities found blood-stained floors inside his home, bloody paper towels stuffed into the kitchen trash, and a blood trail leading down a hallway to the bedroom where he was found sleeping.



A neighbor who helped the woman out of the water told police he heard a loud splash and saw the woman in a canal.



Deputies found a bottle of 34 Xanax pills while Teal was being booked into a detention center.



He was arrested on felony charges of aggravated battery, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and smuggling contraband into the jail.



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Laura Jazmin Tolliver is a digital reporter for GateHouse Media Group’s Florida team, based in West Palm Beach, Fla. Jaz’s stories, which run across digital, print and video platforms, are syndicated across the 22 Florida newspaper markets.



