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A man who reported his girlfriend missing before she was found days later in a ravine has been charged with attempted murder and other charges in connection to a prior incident not connected to her disappearance, according to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.Michael Crosby, Kimara Hughey’s boyfriend is charged in an incident involving her that deputies learned of during the investigation into her disappearance.Investigators said that during the course of the missing person investigation, deputies learned that during an argument between Crosby and Hughey on Oct. 11, he threw her against a washer and dryer, into a closet and strangled her at the home they shared on Old Bleachery Road (pictured, below right).Crosby is charged with attempted murder, criminal domestic violence of a high aggravated nature and a probation violation.Deputies said Hughey had not reported the incident.Crosby reported Hughey missing on Oct. 14. She was found in a ravine off Blue Ridge Drive and Cedar Lane Road near the Swamp Rabbit Trail four days later.Charges not connected to disappearanceMaster Deputy Jonathan Smith said, “It is not connected to her being reported missing on Oct 14 in anyway. “She had been seen after the 11th and prior to the 14th, so those two are very separate and in no way related.“She initially never reported anything to law enforcement about that incident that occurred on the 11th. That was only brought out through the course of our investigation, where our investigators had been in contact with her multiple times after she was located off the Swamp Rabbit Trail. The information, as provided to the investigators and those investigators did talk to Ms. Hughey about that, and was able to obtain enough information to speak with a magistrate and get warrants for those two charges.”When asked why Hughey disappeared, Smith said, “Right now, that is still to be answered. The investigators have spoken with Ms. Hughey about where she was that entire time, what may have led up to her being missing. Some of the information that was initially reported, those investigators after speaking with her for several days now, some of the information that was initially reported has changed. Therefore, those investigators cannot say, with 100 percent certainty, cannot say what led up to her disappearance.”He said there was no indication that Hughey was afraid or that she was trying to get away from anyone.“The investigators right now have spoken with her multiple times and have obtained as much information as they can. At this time, there's nothing that leads our investigators to believe that her disappearance was caused by anybody. We've not had any information that's been brought forth to us that would show us that the disappearance of her, how it occurred, why it occurred and who was responsible for it.”In the meantime, Hughley’s mother told WYFF News 4 that she daughter got out of the hospital Sunday, and she is “where she is safe now.” But she said she is not ready to talk about what’s happened.Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 888-CRIMESC.