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A man who deputies say shot his wife several times then left her for dead will stay in the Spartanburg County Detention Center after a judge denied bond Thursday night.Johnathan Olin Batchelor, 27, is charged with the attempted murder of his wife, according to warrants.Batchelor also faces a weapon charge for an unrelated crime.Batchelor's wife, Stephanie, was found shot and left for dead on Jan. 7, Kevin Bobo of the Sheriff's Office said.According to an incident report, Batchelor led deputies to his wife, Stephanie, who was face down in the grass on the side of their home on Reidville Road on Jan. 7.The woman said she felt like she had been shot and was bleeding from her head to her chest. Deputies said she was shot several times.The mother of two remains in the hospital.Bobo said a break in the case came Wednesday when Stephanie's condition improved enough for her to be interviewed.Investigators said she was able to provide details that matched evidence and that led deputies to be able to arrest and charge her husband.Investigators will not say where she was shot. According to a GoFundMe.com page, she suffered multiple gunshot wounds, one of which was to the brain."We want to know why this lady was treated this way and we want to put the right person in jail for it and make them accountable. Please help us," said Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright.On Jan. 10, deputies went to the 7-Eleven on Reidville Road after a call about a suspicious person with a possible weapon.Deputies said Johnathan Batchelor matched the description of that person, and they found him sitting inside the store.When they approached him, he said, “I guess you’re looking for me,” the report said.Deputies searched him and found a handgun in the back waistband of his pants, according to the report.Deputies discovered that Batchelor’s concealed-weapon permit had expired two years ago, so they placed him under arrest.He faces a charge of unlawful carry of a pistol in that case, according to the report.On Jan. 12, a dive team searched the South Tyger River near Reidville Road and Highway 290 for any evidence in that case.