A 23-year-old Detroit coon is facing several charges after police said he tortured and sexually assaulted his 22-year-old girlfriend.



Prosecutors said Welch sexually assaulted the 22-year-old at 3 a.m. on June 2 and then demanded the password to her cell phone. When she refused to give him the password, he physically assaulted her then tied an extension cord around her neck and strangled her.

Welch is accused of pouring gasoline on the 22-year-old’s body, then burning her arms and legs with a metal spatula and attempting to sexually assault her with a large pole.
Prosecutors said Welch beat her with his belt and threatened her with a drill. When Welch went into the kitchen, she ran out of the front door and to a neighbor’s home. He followed her onto the porch and tried to pull her, but did leave the porch.

Welch has been charged with torture, home invasion first degree harmful device - use/possession causing injury, criminal sexual conduct third degree, assault with intent to commit sexual penetration, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and three counts of felonious assault.