Police: Romantic Roommate Beat Woman Into Coma
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WEST MELBOURNE, Florida -- A West Melbourne woman remains in critical condition at a local hospital after being
severely beaten on April 12, 2014. The woman had been in an induced coma and had
been unable to breath on her own, but her condition has slightly improved now, police say.
West
Melbourne Police Detectives have been investigating this case since it occurred, and had
identified thirty-three-year-old Oakley Brooks as a significant person of interest in this
case but lacked physical evidence to charge him with the crime. Police say that all changed this
week when Detectives received DNA test results from the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement Crime Lab.
According to police, the forensic report revealed Brooks’ DNA was on the victim’s
clothing, which police say directly conflicts with Brooks’ version of events that he was asleep in his
bedroom all night on the night of the attack and hadn’t even seen the victim.
West
Melbourne Police Detectives secured an arrest warrant for Brooks and he was taken into
custody without incident on May 14, 2014 at 270 Bossieux Blvd in West Melbourne, which
is the location of where the crime occurred.
Police say that Brooks and the woman reside in the same residence as "romantic roommates" which enhanced his
charge of aggravated battery with domestic violence provisions. He is being
held at the Brevard County Jail on no bond.