A probable cause affidavit says a 33-year-old Beaumont woman who suffered a fractured skull when she was attacked last month has identified her boyfriend as the assailant, and he is now in jail. It happened August 26th on Averill Street in the north end of that city. Marcus Austin, 39, was later found and arrested in Port Arthur and he’s currently in the Jefferson County Jail under a $250,000.00 bond. Investigators say Austin struck the woman in the head with an object which not only fractured her skull and knocked her unconscious, but also caused a large open wound. She was initially taken to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, and then transferred to a Houston hospital due to the severity of her injuries. Disturbingly, the woman’s young daughter was there when it happened.
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