Man 'kills girlfriend by running her over with a car on their front lawn'

A Memphis man with a history of domestic violence has been charged with murder after police say he attacked his girlfriend with a brick and then repeatedly ran over her with his car.

According to the Memphis Police Department, on Sunday night officers responded to a home in the 3200 block of Carnes Avenue, where they found the lifeless body of 31-year-old Amanda Petrowski.

Petrowski’s long-time boyfriend and the father of her two children, 34-year-old Santrez Traylor, initially fled the scene but was later arrested and charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault.

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