An incident in South Carolina has led to assault charges against a woman nearly two years after a man’s body was discovered along Highway 321 in Gaston County.

During a court session on Tuesday, prosecutors revealed that Shirley Dukes allegedly coerced Glen Miller into residing in a tent behind her apartment. It is claimed that she threatened him with a hammer prior to his body being found wrapped in tape and discarded on rocks by the highway in February 2024, according to WSOC.

Evidence of the abuse Miller faced was reportedly found in videos on Dukes’ mobile phone.

Prosecutor Sean Baetjer stated, “Dukes forced him to apologize for being disgusting and ungrateful towards her.”

Baetjer further asserted that Dukes had “effectively seized control over Miller’s life.”

She had deleted the most disturbing video, he said, but investigators recovered the video showing Miller scrubbing Dukes’ bathroom floor while she stood over him with a hammer.

“She was telling him he better to do a good job, or she would hit him with the hammer again,” the Baetjar said.

He was seen in the video with a gash on his head — an injury he had when his body was found. He was also wearing the same clothes as in the video.

She also called several people on the day the videos were recorded, including a man whose fingerprints were found on the tape that wrapped Miller’s body. He has been charged with concealing a dead body.

Dukes denied the accusations in court, saying “It’s not true.”

Prosecutors suspect Dukes killed Miller, but they only had enough evidence to charge her with assault.