A Coffee County man is behind bars and his wife is recovering after a domestic violence situation nearly turned deadly last week.
Christopher Harrison Bates, age 44, of Tullahoma, is being held in the Coffee County Jail on $1.3M bond and is facing charges of Attempted Murder, 1st Degree, and Especially Aggravated Kidnapping.
According to Coffee County Sheriff?s Department authorities, investigators responded to Vanderbilt Harton Hospital in Tullahoma last week in reference to a female with a severe neck laceration. The victim claimed to have been accidentally injured by leaning on a knife in a vehicle.
The event was captured on dashcam video in place on the vehicle.