{"id":70685,"date":"2016-03-20T18:40:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T22:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=70685"},"modified":"2016-03-20T18:40:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T22:40:33","slug":"georgia-man-poured-boiling-water-over-gay-couple-as-they-lay-in-bed-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/georgia-man-poured-boiling-water-over-gay-couple-as-they-lay-in-bed-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAPHIC IMAGES: Ga. Man Poured Boiling Water Over Gay Couple as They Lay In Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Scroll down for video report) — Marquez Tolbert buried his face in his hands. His chest contracted with a stifled sob.<\/p>\n
When he looked up, a patchwork of angry red welts became visible on the side of his neck. That’s where he was burned. His T-shirt hid the full extent of his injuries, the swath of scalded skin that now covers his entire back.<\/p>\n
“The pain,” he told WSBTV Thursday, his voice cracking on each syllable. “You can’t sleep at night.”<\/p>\n
Tears were in the young man’s eyes. He winced, wiped his cheeks with the back of his hand, then took a sharp breath, summoning the words and the composure to go on.<\/p>\n
“The pain doesn’t let you sleep,” he continued. “It’s excruciating, 24 hours a day. It doesn’t go anywhere, it doesn’t dial down. It’s just there.”<\/p>\n
A month ago, Tolbert, 21, and his boyfriend Anthony Gooden Jr., 23, were jolted out of sleep by the feeling of boiling water splashing across their torsos, faces and limbs. Gooden’s mother’s boyfriend, Martin Blackwell, stood over them, pouring the water, they say.<\/p>\n
For a moment, Tolbert had no idea what could have provoked the alleged attack. Then Blackwell allegedly yanked him off the mattress and yelled, “Get out of my house with all that gay,” Tolbert recalled to WSBTV.<\/p>\n