It takes a while to manually strangle someone -- about three to five minutes. Thus we know that one Oregonian miscreant was given ample time to spare a thought or two for the choices in his past that led him to the sorry state of being throttled to death by the woman whose home he'd been attempting to burglarize. Perhaps in his last moments he regretted tossing out that membership application to the Y:
A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said.Susan Kuhnhausen, 51, ran to a neighbor's house after the confrontation Wednesday night. Police found the body of Edward Dalton Haffey, 59, a convicted felon with a long police record.
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Haffey, about 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, had convictions including conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, robbery, drug charges and possession of burglary tools. Neighbors said Kuhnhausen's size — 5-foot-7 and 260 pounds — may have given her an advantage.
How surprised he must have been by his predicament!
Good job on Nurse Kuhnhausen's keeping her cool and maintaining a steady pressure.
(Via Lucianne.)
Posted by floridacracker at September 8, 2006 09:12 PMFirst, I'm glad this guy is off of the streets. Second, I'm glad there wasn't a video to go along with the story. Finally, what do you say to or about someone that you work with upon their return to the job, in this case a hospital, after she has effectively crushed the life out of somebody? The linked story includes the comment, "She's used to dealing with crisis.", but that might be an understatement here.
Posted by: tfhr at September 8, 2006 10:19 PMI wonder how long it took him to drop the hammer?
She's certainly in a class by herself defense-wise. There's something about her hands being a lethal weapon that's actually kind of disturbing. That being said, I'm glad she was able to defend herself and took this guy out for the rest of society.
He's a wuss for not being able to break her hold, and shouldn't have started something he couldn't finish.
Posted by: Donnah at September 8, 2006 10:46 PMHow do you strangle a guy with a hammer in his hand? I can only guess that she did it with one hand while she held the hammer-wielding hand away from her! That's one possibility anyway.
Posted by: tfhr at September 8, 2006 11:16 PMWhen I was but a child (decorative underwear age) I was witness to a similar event.
We lived on Main steet in Leesburg, and some fella decided to take a nap in the back of my Dad's Cadillac... he apparantly woke up and came on in the house, at 3 a.m. on a Monday morning.
He actually walked right in (nobody locked their doors, it wasn't needed) and made it upstairs before we started screaming.
When my Dad confronted him, the intruder smart mouthed, so he won himself a broken nose, and a headlock ride downstairs.
My father instructed my lil' ol Mama to "watch him" while my Dad got dressed (she had the shotgun) The guy tried to stand up, and she bent the shotgun barrel over his head...we started yelling, and my Dad saved the poor guys life.
She was trying to release the safety when he came
back from getting his pants.. the guy was on the floor, holding his head...Mama furiously trying to get the trigger to work...
The Sheriff was very disappointed. He warned us against trying to capture such criminals alive. In fact he offered the guy a running start, if he wanted. Ah, the good ol days.
I would venture to say that Nurse Kratchette here was in fear of her life, whereas Eddy was just in fear of not having enough bread for his next hit.
If I had to run an assault team, I would prefer Susan over Eddy for that reason. If she has been a nurse all her life, she probably remembers when the nurses didn't use gloves (or any other barriers) during the course of treatment.
So, hell if she has stared HIV in the face and survived...who in the hell is E.D. Haffey ?
He's lucky she didn't have time to 'prepare' else he would have nightmares in hell about stethoscopes and such.
Posted by: csason at September 9, 2006 06:12 AMOnly Oregon permits physician-assisted suicide so I'm thinking he might have backed into it inadvertently with her assistance.
Posted by: Gmac at September 9, 2006 11:00 AMGreat comment, Owen, both with your views on this situation with the nurse and the story about your parents.
Posted by: Donnah at September 9, 2006 12:23 PMThanks, Donnah.. you do remember that lil ol lady I am talking about ? It's quite a thrill being her kid.
Posted by: csason at September 9, 2006 08:20 PM