--- title: Wisconsin Man Accused of 'Waterboarding' His Girlfriend description: An 22-year-old Merrill, Wisconsin man is accused of torturing his girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage, according to a criminal complaint. canonical: https://time.com/4245762/wisconsin-man-waterboarding-girlfriend/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-03T00:48:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:34:14.836Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Wisconsin Man Accused of 'Waterboarding' His Girlfriend og:description: An 22-year-old Merrill, Wisconsin man is accused of torturing his girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage, according to a criminal complaint. og:url: https://time.com/4245762/wisconsin-man-waterboarding-girlfriend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wisconsin Man Accused of 'Waterboarding' His Girlfriend twitter:description: An 22-year-old Merrill, Wisconsin man is accused of torturing his girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage, according to a criminal complaint. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Wisconsin Man Accused of 'Waterboarding' His Girlfriend by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 3, 2016 12:48 AM CUT by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 3, 2016 12:48 AM CUT An 22-year-old Merrill, Wisconsin man is [accused of torturing his girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage](http://www.waow.com/story/31347121/2016/02/29/merrill-man-22-accused-of-waterboarding-his-girlfriend "undefined"), according to a criminal complaint. The girlfriend, who was only identified by her initials in the complaint, alleges that Dylan VanCamp used “waterboarding torture,” WAOW, a Wisconsin ABC affiliate, reports. According to the complaint, VanCamp covered her mouth with a wash cloth, then dumped three cups of water on her face to force her to talk about another man. The victim told investigators that the incident took place in June and she had a “hard time breathing and felt as if she was drowning.” She said that VanCamp was “trying to get her to admit that she was cheating with the guys she had been on the computer with.” In the complaint, the victim alleges that this wasn’t the only incident of violent behavior by VanCamp as she detaied multiple accounts of him using a fork, a pair of pliers and his fists to beat her. VanCamp is charged with six felonies, including three counts of strangulation and suffocation, according to WAOW, and is scheduled to make his first court appearance March 16. \[[WAOW](http://www.waow.com/story/31347121/2016/02/29/merrill-man-22-accused-of-waterboarding-his-girlfriend "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4245762/wisconsin-man-waterboarding-girlfriend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4245762/wisconsin-man-waterboarding-girlfriend/"},"headline":"Wisconsin Man Accused of 'Waterboarding' His Girlfriend","datePublished":"2016-03-03T00:48:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:34:14.836Z","description":"He allegedly tortured his girlfriend to get her to admit to an affair","url":"https://time.com/4245762/wisconsin-man-waterboarding-girlfriend/","keywords":["Crime","Courts","Wisconsin"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4245762/wisconsin-man-waterboarding-girlfriend/","name":"Wisconsin Man Accused of 'Waterboarding' His Girlfriend"}}]}] ```