HAMPTON, Va. — A woman who was brutally stabbed multiple times in Hampton last week is speaking publicly about her attack for the first time.
The Hampton Police Division is looking for 41-year-old Christopher Seymour for one count of maiming and one count of domestic assault and battery.
The victim, Ashley Battaglia, told 13News Now that the suspect is her husband.
"He was screaming at me, and it looked like he had a knife in his hands," she recalled.
The stabbing happened on May 1 by the side of North King Street. Police said Battaglia suffered seven stab wounds to the face, a brain injury, and severe damage to her eye socket, nose, and jaw.
Battaglia said she has no memory of the actual attack due to her brain damage, but she can remember the moments leading up to it. She said an argument with her husband about a crashed car quickly spiraled out of control.
"I ran outside of the house to put some distance between us," said Battaglia "He started fast pace walking towards me, and I could tell by his eyes that he was going to hurt me."
Battaglia spent the next several days recovering in the hospital. Hampton Police are searching for both Seymour and another unidentified white male in connection to Battaglia's assault and maiming.
Felicia Hill, the victim's sister, has started a GoFundMe for her sister's possible reconstruction surgery. For more information or to donate click here.
Anyone with information on Seymour's whereabouts is asked to call police at 757–727–6111 or the Crime Line at 1–888-LOCK-U-UP.
