Desheena Kyle's boyfriend, who's a person of interest in the missing Tennessee woman's death, was charged with assaulting her in 2014

• Desheena Kyle's boyfriend was arrested for domestic assault against her in 2014, according to police records.
• A judge later dismissed the assault charge, WVLT reported.
• Police previously told Insider Kyle's boyfriend is a person of interest in the missing Tennessee woman's death.
• Bassett hit Kyle and smashed her car window while she was inside in the 2014 incident, according to a police report.

The boyfriend of Desheena Kyle, who police say is a person of interest in the death of the missing Knoxville, Tennessee, woman, was charged with domestic assault against her in 2014, records reviewed by Insider show.

According to a police report, an officer responded on June 27, 2014 to a domestic disturbance call from Kyle. Kyle told police that she and her boyfriend, John Bassett, got into an argument at his residence and that Bassett came up to her from behind when she tried to leave, striking her in the forehead and face.

Kyle then left Bassett's residence to get gas, and when she returned to her home encountered Bassett outside the apartment complex, according to the report. She told police that Bassett got out of his vehicle, struck her car window with a rock until the glass broke, and then threw the rock into her car. Kyle also told police that Bassett took her phone from her and smashed it on the ground before fleeing the scene.

The officer who wrote the report noted that Kyle had several abrasions on her leg that he believed came from her standing up to get out of the car with broken glass in her lap.

A judge later dismissed the domestic assault charge against Bassett in December 2014, according to WVLT.

Bassett had previously been named a person of interest in Kyle's disappearance. A Knoxville Police Department spokesperson told Insider on Thursday that he is also considered a person of interest in the investigation into her death.

An attorney for Bassett, who is currently jailed on unrelated probation violation, gun and drug charges, did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Friday.

No charges have been filed in connection with Kyle's death. The Knox County District Attorney's office did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

Kyle was first reported missing by her grandmother on June 28. Community members and police searched for the missing 26-year-old for weeks before police recovered her body on Tuesday.

The home where police found Kyle's body was abandoned and owned by one of Bassett's relatives, WVLT reported.