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27 july 2008

Bondage death garners murder charge
Source: The daily Herald

A Jacob’s Lane woman has been indicted by the Maury County grand jury for second-degree murder in connection with the bondage death of her husband, according to court documents.

Rebecca Bargy, 25, is suspected of tying her husband, James Bargy, 29, as part of a sex game and abandoning him to die of asphyxiation while she was away for several hours with a boyfriend, according to Assistant District Attorney Larry Nickell.

Dr. Thomas Deering, a Nashville medical examiner, testified at a preliminary hearing that James Bargy could not breathe because of the ball gag in his mouth and the strap tied to Bargy’s neck compressed his jugular vein, contributing to his death.

Authorities found James Bargy’s body on the floor of the couple’s home at 4 p.m. April 19. Sheriff’s detectives said Rebecca Bargy tied her husband about 7:30 p.m. the previous day.

In a written statement, Rebecca Bargy wrote she had tried to leave her husband several times and related an incident last year in which her husband had eaten rat poison because he didn’t want to live any longer.

The initial charge against Bargy was reckless homicide, a class “D” felony.

Second-degree murder is a class “A” felony. If convicted, Bargy may be sentenced to a prison term of 15-60 years and fined $50,000.