‘Feed her to her family’: Waco man arrested after threatening girlfriend with knife, police say

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A man was arrested Thursday night after threatening his girlfriend with a knife and saying he would “bleed her out and feed her to her family,” according to police.

According to an arrest affidavit, officers responded to a domestic disturbance call around 8 p.m. Dec. 11 at a home in the 90 block of North 17th Street.

The woman told officers she had been resting on the couch because she was sick when Austin Franklin’s mood suddenly changed. She said “one minute he was lovely and the next a monster,” according to police.

The affidavit alleges Franklin opened a knife and told her he was going to cut her throat and “bleed her out and feed her to her family.” Franklin’s mother intervened and tried to calm him down, which usually works, the woman told police.

Earlier that evening, the victim told police Franklin had thrown a pan at the victim after she asked him about the food he was eating because he felt she was rushing him, according to the affidavit.

The victim also told officers Franklin had attacked her on Dec. 1 while she was sleeping, alleging that Franklin got on top of her and started punching her left arm, causing bruising that officers could still see 10 days later, according to police.

According to the affidavit, the victim told police Franklin had sprayed bleach in her eyes several times, causing pain.

During police investigation, officers found a knife at the scene matching the woman’s description authorities confirmed.

Franklin admitted to an officer that he had threatened to kill the woman that night, which matched what the victim told police, according to the affidavit.

Police said that while being transported to the hospital, Franklin told officers he had only “threatened” her.

Franklin was arrested and charged with continuous family violence.

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