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Warrants: 19-year-old beat man, stuffed a plunger in his mouth and poured bleach on him before kidnapping child

  • On Sunday morning in Knoxville, police found a naked man with serious head injuries and noted a missing 3-year-old child and vehicle.
  • Authorities received a call expressing concern that 19-year-old Charles Coffman had assaulted the man, kidnapped the child, and taken the vehicle.
  • Coffman acknowledged that he engaged in a physical altercation, forcefully pushed the individual to the ground, struck the person with his fists and a plunger, inserted the plunger into the individual's mouth, poured bleach on the injuries, and took the car along with a child and a woman.
  • The child's mother denied authorizing Coffman to pick up the child or take the car and said she never spoke to him or allowed him custody, while Coffman said the mother asked him to pick up the child.
  • Coffman remains jailed on charges including attempted second-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping, with a bond hearing set for June 27, and the child was hospitalized for observation.
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19-year-old beats man with plunger, covers him in bleach then kidnaps his child, police report says

A man in Tennessee is facing multiple charges after police said he beat another man, stripped him naked, covered him in bleach, then kidnapped that man’s child.

·Nashville, United States
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Warrants: 19-year-old beat man, stuffed a plunger in his mouth and poured bleach on him before kidnapping child

Charles Coffman faces charges for allegedly attacking a man and kidnapping his child in Knoxville.

·Phoenix, United States
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KPNX broke the news in Phoenix, United States on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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