Wife refused 911, then blamed him to daughter, Dellick testifies

WARREN

Christopher Dellick of Howland took the witness stand Wednesday to dispute allegations from his wife that he cut her with a knife, choked her and kidnapped her last October at their home on Clearview Drive in Champion.

Dellick, 36, is on trial in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, charged with felonious assault, kidnapping and aggravated burglary. His wife, Rebecca, says he choked her unconscious three times, cut her leg while wearing gloves, then put the knife in her hand so her DNA would be on it.

He spent about two hours on the witness stand Wednesday afternoon, telling jurors he came home Oct. 17 and found Rebecca in the shower with a knife, a gash on her inner thigh and bruises on her neck.

She wouldn’t tell him what happened, just kept saying, “I’m sorry,” Dellick testified. She was barely conscious, but he applied a wash cloth to the wound, and in about a minute, she started to regain consciousness, he said.

Christopher Dellick wanted to call 911, but Rebecca Dellick wouldn’t let him, instead saying he should drive her to the hospital. He agreed because he wanted to keep her calm, then helped dress her and led her to the car.

They drove toward state Route 45, but she wouldn’t let him drive into Warren to the hospital, because she wanted him to pick up their 5-year-old daughter at her ex-husband’s house about six miles away in Bristol Township, he said.

When they got there, Christopher went to the door to ask Rebecca’s 15-year-old daughter for the child, and Rebecca yelled to her daughter, “Call 911. He cut me," Christopher testified.

Read more about the case in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.