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Ohio State student abducted, killed had complained to police about man

Police records show that Skylar Williams had complained to police about her ex-boyfriend abusing her before she was abducted.

MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Police records show that a woman abducted from an Ohio college campus and later fatally shot in Kentucky had complained to police about her ex-boyfriend abusing her.

The Mansfield News Journal reports that the records include allegations of sexual assault, stalking, harassment and domestic violence between Skylar Williams and Ty'Rell Pounds.

Williams was a student at Ohio State University's Mansfield campus where authorities say she was forced into a car at gunpoint last week.

Kentucky State Police say Pounds later shot and killed the 20-year-old Williams and a trooper fatally shot Pounds after a chase in Oldham County, Kentucky.

RELATED: KSP: Abducted Ohio State student fatally shot by father of child, suspect shot by trooper

Records from the Richland County Sheriff's Office in Ohio say authorities had interviewed Pounds about sexual abuse allegations made against him. 

Williams said the pair had dated three years until October.

Williams also told the sheriff's offfice in November 2018 she was pregnant.

Pounds and Williams shared a child together. 

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