A Peabody, Massachusetts, man is facing a slew of serious charges after his girlfriend told police he was trying to kill her when they came to an apartment in response to a fire there, according to officials.
Edi Diazabakana, 39, is facing charges including arson, attempted murder, domestic assault and battery on a household member and kidnapping, according to Peabody police. He was ordered held without bail following his arraignment Wednesday in Peabody District Court. A news release from the police department said officers in Peabody responded to a fire alarm on Lowell Street at around 11 p. An officer who responded said that there was a woman yelling for help, saying that her boyfriend was trying to kill her, the release said.
According to the police report, when they arrived, officers found a year-old woman laying down in the street by the curb, "crying and visibly upset. When police entered the lobby, they said a year-old woman came running down the stairs, naked, and said her live-in boyfriend, later identified as Diazabakana, was still upstairs inside their apartment. She later told police she had broken off their relationship earlier in the evening and he "had not taken the news well and was upset with her.
The woman said Diazabakana also struck her in the face multiple times, which caused her to be "visibly bleeding from the nose," according to police. Diazabakana then came out of the apartment with his hands up, and was handcuffed and taken into custody without further incident.
The Peabody Fire Department responded to the scene and was able to extinguish the fire. The exact cause of the blaze remains under investigation by multiple agencies.
