Lisa Holden Hid In Woods With Children For Two Days To Escape Abusive Husband

Josh Holden has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for abusing his wife, Lisa Holden. She hid in the woods for two days with two small children to escape.

A mother and victim of severe domestic abuse went to extremes to flee her husband and free her children from his home.

At the end of March, a passerby found Lisa Holden, 27-year-old Texas mother of three, by the side of the County Road 4512 in east Texas with her two young daughters. Holden reportedly drifted in and out of consciousness for two days while the three hid, trying to flag down cars for help, according to CBS News.

Holden's husband, Josh, is accused of beating her with electrical wiring and a baseball bat before taking their 7-year-old to school, the Tyler Paper reported. The woman told investigators that he returned and beat her with jumper cables when his truck wouldn't start and said he would kill her when he returned.

"Her head had been shaved and it looked like she had been scalped," Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office investigator Kristie Holt said. "She had wounds all over her body, from bruises to open wounds pretty much on her arms and legs."

Holden was listed in critical condition for 10 days, suffered two broken legs, and head injuries. According to the Tyler newspaper, Holt also noted that metal pellets were lodged in Holden's legs from a previous incident when her husband shot her with a pellet gun, leaving the shrapnel and open sores behind.

Josh Holden abused his wife for seven years and kept her locked in the house, Holt said. "When we went to execute the warrant, we noticed video cameras in the residence and we're suspecting that's how he monitored the movement," Holt told the Tyler Paper. "He had an application on his iPhone that he could see inside the house."

Holden was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and bodily injury, local broadcaster KLTV reported. He was released after bail was reduced from $750,000 to $100,000.

The Holdens' three children are currently staying with a foster family while their mother recovers.

"All in all she's a courageous woman who got out when she could," Holt told the station.

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Comments

[Ciamango]

08:15 PM on 05/01/2012

I hope the judge wasn't a woman.

[Sammie55]

07:21 AM on 04/19/2012

I think it's high time that some large male freinds of Lisa's have a nice long talk with Josh.

[Sammie55]

07:19 AM on 04/19/2012

He was released after bail was reduced from $750,000 to $100,000.

WHAT????

[Wilhelmina Alston]

04:25 AM on 04/18/2012

he was releasedon bail ????? how is that possible???

[Amanda Matthews]

08:31 AM on 04/18/2012

Because all he was doing was abusing a woman.

**snark**

[enobdeafdiver]

12:18 AM on 04/18/2012

Can someone identiy the judge ? Is he appointed or is he elected ?

[blinddogroofer1974]

10:46 PM on 04/17/2012

No way they should have bailed this guy, fully 1/2 of the murders in our state are from domestic violence. Kudos to this lady for getting out, the hard part is still ahead.

[TruthHurtsPPL]

10:38 PM on 04/17/2012

There is no love in the world great enough to endure an abusive relationship. I'm saying this not just for the women but also the men being physically/emotionally abused by their partner. If they hit you once it will happen again. If you can't leave for your sake leave for your loved ones who will have to grieve your loss. Leave for your children who will be emotionally scarred and who will grow up thinking this is how you show love, and will repeat the cycle of violence. Sane people don't purposely cause harm to those they love and you as a victim can't love their inclination towards violence away.

[G Bird]

10:05 PM on 04/17/2012

Holden was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and bodily injury, local broadcaster KLTV reported. He was released after bail was reduced from $750,000 to $100,000.


WHAT THE F?????????? WHY IS AN ANIMAL LIKE THIS EVEN ALLOWED BAIL?? AND THEN THEY REDUCE IT?? WHO'S THE DAMN JUDGE??? MY GOD...THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM. DUMB ASS JUDGES WHO LET ANIMALS LIKE THIS BACK OUT ON THE STREETS!! I HOPE THAT JUDGE GETS HIS!! DAMN IDIOT.

[freedame]

10:00 PM on 04/17/2012

Why on earth would you reduce the bail on this worm? These sociopaths never give up. I hope his family has excellent police protection.

[bnbncb]

09:26 PM on 04/17/2012

How is he out on Bond?

[cjbspams]

08:47 PM on 04/17/2012

What a piece of crap that person is to do that to his family! And now we have STUPID Topeka, Kansas that makes this kind of sh#T legal? Topeka Kansas is criminal for decriminalizing domestic violence!

[gfkc3500]

08:38 PM on 04/17/2012

Regardless of the years horrific abuse this women endured -if she had killed in in self defense she would be the one sitting in jail for life. He will most likely get out in a few years..I agree she needs to change her identity and move far away. Ladies when you are dating any man watch for the red flags and if you see one red flag don’t walk to the nearest exit…they will alwys slip up at some point. You have to fight men like this.l..make them afraid of you. My first husband hit me one time..he regretted it - I took a knife and slashed his face open. ..broke his ribs with a baseball bat..he was 6 ft and 200 pounds...then I advised him if he went to sleep - the chances of him waking up were not very good..he left that night - I divorced him..that was in 1974.

[Wilhelmina Alston]

04:26 AM on 04/18/2012

good for you !!!!

[ercolman]

07:23 PM on 04/17/2012

Nail his balls to the wall and give him a knife to free himself

[nevaehs mama]

06:50 PM on 04/17/2012

what a jack hole..

[Tonya Saint John]

05:07 PM on 04/17/2012

He should have been charged with attempted murder AND child endangerment...She lived not by his choice, but by hers....