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Elgin Man Arrested For Strangling Prostitute He Had Sex With 30 Times In Four Days

By Chuck Sudo in News on May 9, 2012 7:45PM

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A 58-year-old man from Elgin is facing criminal charges after he choked out a prostitute who had become a favorite of his over a four-day period.

Kim P. Brandmire was charged with aggravated battery, two counts of battery and a count of solicitation of a prostitute. Elgin police were called to a Quality Inn at 500 Tollgate Rd.Brandmire and a 41-year-old woman rented a room there last Thursday, where he proceeded to have sex with her 30 times between Thursday and Saturday. Brandmire supposedly paid her each time for the encounters.

When Brandmire asked her to engage in sex again Sunday, she refused. Brandmire then allegedly strangled her. Bail for Brandmire was set at $75,000. the woman was charged with a prostitution misdemeanor.