WESTOVER, W.Va. — A West Virginia woman had a knife sticking out of the back of her head when she told authorities that she was stabbed by her daughter’s boyfriend.

The woman’s daughter, Kizzie Hardy, told the Dominion Post that her mother wasn’t stabbed, but that her boyfriend, Zachary Nipper, actually threw a rack of drying dishes and the knife just got stuck. The victim told police she was attacked while trying to stop Nipper from choking someone Tuesday.

Westover Police Chief Rick Panico said Nipper was charged with malicious wounding and was wanted in Maryland for felonious assault. Reports didn’t include comment from him.

Panico said Hardy told police she and Nipper smoked meth at a “flop house.” Hardy denied that to the newspaper and said her family is now being evicted.