MOBILE, Ala. — An Alabama man has been charged with second-degree assault for brutally beating a woman because she is in a relationship with his sister and he does not approve.
Mallory Owens
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Travis Hawkins Jr.
Travis Hawkins, Jr., 18, was booked into Mobile, Ala., jail on Sunday after turning himself in to authorities for the Thanksgiving Day assault on 23-year-old Mallory Owens. Hawkins bonded out the same day.
Owens, who suffered multiple skull fractures and crushed bones, said says she was beat on Thanksgiving while at her girlfriend’s family’s house for dinner. Avery Godwin, Owens’s sister, said Owens was blindsided just before she left the Mobile home of the Hawkins family, reported AL.com.
Now, Owens’ family members and supporter are seeking justice, and said charges should be upgraded to attempted murder.
Owens’ family is calling the assault a hate crime and said they cannot believe that Hawkins is walking free, reported WKRG-TV.
Owens is recovering from her injuries at USA Medical Center in Mobile — her face was badly beaten, her nose was broken, and she had to have reconstructive surgery on her face.
Godwin said she has heard from Hawkins only once since the attack, when she said he called and threatened her. The threats included a promise “that he would finish what he started last night (the night after the attack) with Mallory.”
Travis Hawkins, Sr., the suspect’s father, said the family has hired an attorney.
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OMG! :’0(
THIS IS TERRIBLE :’(
why is he not being charged for a hate crime??
Big brave man!
This girl is someone I know but it took me forever to realize that because she is beaten so badly its hard to recognize her
OMG… I am so sad!!! This breaks my heart!!!
What a fucking asshole!
I don’t care if people think that being gay is wrong. I’m just really sick of all the hatred that gets shown towards it. Again I say that sexual orientation is not a choice. Attitude, however, is a choice.
Damn right it was!
Fucking terrible… IT amazes me this guys out free walking around.. If he would have beaten her anymore she would have been dead! What are they waiting for?! For him to attack another lesbian/gay person again and actually kill them before they do justice?! Bullshit. HIs ass needs to be put away for attempted murder.
This is just sick. Where is the justice here?
Absolutely gutless that one person could do this to another person simply because of their sexuality.
He needs locked up for a long, long time.
he is proud of his weight lifting too per his FB pg
Im speechless. …only a hateful vile human being would do something like this. I hope this doesnt get brushed under the rug by authorities,like so many other hate crimes. These people need to know its absolutely not ok to hurt ANYONE for any reason ever. Shit like this shouldn’t be happening. Ugh.
If i were the judge id send him to the front of death row
what a coward to beat a woman, shows what kind of man he is
This made me cry for her. My prayers going up for her and her family! God please help her pain and show this guy and his family that what he did is not your will and let his wrong doings fill his heart with shame for his hate. I wish no body harm on him only justice be done the courts should make an example out of him to let people know this is NOT ok and will NOT be tolerated!!!
Poor girl!! Hope that asshole gets what he deserves!!
This is heart crushing.
Instead of jail I prefer a psych-ward or sentence to the same beating he gave her in results of what it feels like to beat up a lesbian like that.
He is a coward and an animal
This is disgusting…he should be put under the jail….Mallory your in my prayers
I am echoing a lot of people keep this asshat in prison but please keep us informed about this young womans condition. Personally I dont like the girlfriend and her families silence.
why the hell is this man out of jail. are u kidding me second degree assault, this was a brutal attack shes lucky he didnt kill her. the justice system in this country is pathetic, people do more time for having recreational weed. i to think he should be tried for a hate crime, along with attempted murder.
This is sick!!..the charges should be upgraded for sure!!..his own family should drop his ass back to the police station!!
I agree with william and pamela..we need to stand up and stop this abuse and bulling in the gay communities …through out the states..and the world…
it is sick, and appalling. alabama, however, is politically disinterested in most minorities. part of me hates to say this here, but if mallory had been black or hispanic we would never have heard about it at all. doubt many who live down there think this is a crime at all. that’s what’s really sick. that whole sections of this country think this sort of thing isn’t a crime at all.
aawwh. Iwould stand up against the Violent guy Tell him Bish!,This ant right at all for doing this to a woman ,Violence wouldn’t solve hes anger or hes problem against her for being her,what ever was going threw hes head,hes must be messed in the head..not cool.
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Send the beater to prison and have the violence of prison take care of him!
Wicked and mean man….throw the book at him and then come to Louisiana and get my brother!!!!!!!
CAll the district attorney’s office!! Demand this man charged with attempted murder. http://www.mobileda.org/
it was a hate crime the person who did this should be placed in jail forever
omg this is horrible, he looks like a fucking waste of air and a frickin punk, i hope she recovers and i hope the family can push for a more harsh sentence. i mean my god he beat her within an inch of her life.
Alabama hasn’t changed much.
Awful. Heinous. There is so much WRONG with the guy who did this…
Praying for justice…..
If i had a child and he/she did this to someone out of dislike for their sexuality, or out of pure hatred i wouldnt hire an attorney. what’s wrong is wrong. I understand that Hawkins’ parents love him and want to protect him, but he needs to learn a lesson. He did the crime and should do the time. I’m not talking 18months. If it were up to me he wouldn’t see the light of day until he is 28 (in 10 years)
Sad, fear causes the insecure to strike out instead of reach out.
I view this as a HATE CRIME, and everyone should. WHY didn’t this THANKSGIVING FAMILY come to the aid of this woman being savagely beaten by one of their own family members? It is UNCONSCIONABLE and DESPICABLE! WE THE PEOPLE must put a STOP TO THIS!
Omg this is unbelievable! What do we have to do?!
Hate crime? You think?!
Alabama and most of the southern states are still in the Dark Age!!! They never got over the fact that they lost the war. Don’t forget this is Hillbilly country where they marry each other…he probably wants his sister to marry his cousin Billy Bob.
Prosecute his skinny white ass to the full extend of the law. Gosh I hope he gets locked up and Bubba will fuck him up or have his ass in prison.
ASHAME!!!
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Was the Attack of Mallory Owens a Hate Crime?
I can’t believe people are still having this much hatred about someone’s sexuality.. I don’t see anywhere in that as to why he should not be locked up and waiting for his sentence.. It was obviously begun as a hate crime and went into attempted murder. Not to mention is a man (well boy by his actions) putting his hands on a woman, isn’t that something your FATHER is supposed to teach you not to do. SO many small minded people in this world! I don’t understand.
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It is an embarrassment to us that have to live here in Alabama..
Those of us that actually give a damn, we are trying to do what we can. If you have a moment, please add your voice to this cause. Thank you!
http://www.change.org/petitions/mobile-county-alabama-prosecutor-bring-travis-hawkins-jr-to-justice