A 24-year-old Oregon woman and a 26-year-old Alabama man had been dating over the Internet since 2013 and agreed this spring he would move to Oregon and live with her, Marion County sheriff's officials say.

But when Samuel Campbell arrived at Haley Fox's home in Turner Wednesday and met her in person for the first time, she asked him to close his eyes -- then struck him hard in the head with a baseball bat, fracturing his skull.

Fox told investigators that she decided to hurt Campbell because she did not want to be his girlfriend.

Cuts on Campbell's head required staples.

Fox has been charged with first-degree assault. She was released from jail after posting bail, officials said.

-- Betsy Hammond

betsyhammond@oregonian.com