Law enforcement and victim services advocates in Union County say that the man who was found locked inside a storage unit in Monroe this week was a victim of domestic violence. The experts also say that online conversations making light of the situation could be harmful.

A woman accused of locking her boyfriend inside a Monroe storage unit for days was arrested this week, according to jail records. Robin Deaton was booked into the Mecklenburg County Jail around 1 a.m.

A woman in North Carolina has been arrested after allegedly locking her boyfriend inside a storage unit without food or water for days, police confirmed to PEOPLE.