   Death by Nurse.
  (Not sure anyone has seen this yet, but this is one of the most bizarre stories I have heard in a while...just thought I would share. )______________________________________"Intruder Killed By Nurse Was Hit Man"http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/16/national/main2015540.shtml'51-Year-Old Woman Strangled Attempted Killer Allegedly Hired By Husband'PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 16, 2006(AP) 'When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from work one day earlier this month, she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him to death with her bare hands. Neighbors praised the woman for her bravery, and investigators said they believed the dead man — Edward Dalton Haffey — was burglarizing Kuhnhausen's home. But after an investigation, police now say the intruder Kuhnhausen strangled was apparently a hit man hired by her estranged husband — Michael James Kuhnhausen Sr. — to kill her. The 58-year-old husband was taken into custody Thursday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. He was ordered held on $500,000 bail. Haffey had worked as a custodian under Kuhnhausen at an adult video store, according an affidavit filed by the Multnomah County District Attorney's office. Kuhnhausen and his wife were in the process of getting a divorce, and she told officers "her husband was distraught about the divorce and wanting to reconcile but that she was insisting on the divorce," the affidavit states. A background check showed Haffey had served lengthy prison terms for conspiracy to commit aggravated murder and convictions for robbery and burglary. Inside a backpack Haffey left at the scene was a day planner with "Call Mike, Get letter," scribbled on the week of Sept. 4, the affidavit said. Michael Kuhnhausen's cell phone number was jotted on the inside of a folder, it said. An emergency room nurse who lives in a southeast Portland neighborhood, Susan Kuhnhausen arrived home on the evening of Sept. 6 to find Haffey coming at her with a claw hammer. She was struck in the head and wrested the weapon away, but the struggle continued and Haffey bit the nurse, according to police. A large woman, she was eventually able to get the slight Haffey into a chokehold and police later found him dead in a hallway. An autopsy revealed the cause of death as strangulation. Police say she acted in self-defense. There was no sign of forced entry into the home, but according to the affidavit, Susan Kuhnhausen offered an explanation for the lack of evidence of a break-in: Her estranged husband had the security codes for the home's alarm system, and would have been able to disarm it. Michael Kuhnhausen denies any involvement, the affidavit states. Susan Kuhnhausen was out of town attending a nursing conference and did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment. She left this message on her voicemail: "I'm not able to answer all the calls that I've received in the past few days. I'm being comforted by your concern and your support. I want you to know that our lives are all at risk for random acts, but more likely random acts of love will come your way than random acts of violence." '..Say what?   
  As we say over here: "Only in America!" [grin]Bet the wife threatened to kill him first by lying on him, so he acted in desperation.   ;  Should of gone with 47.   ;  Wow. Good for her.   ;  Did you guys hear about the Colorado dragging death? Colo. Dragging Victim IdentifiedQuote:(CBS/AP) A woman dragged to her death behind a vehicle was identified Thursday as a mother of three from the Mexican state of Guerrero, the Mexican consul general said.Luz Maria Franco-Fierros, 49, was identified through fingerprints, Consul General Juan Marcos Gutierrez Gonzalez said. Franco-Fierros was from the city of Chilpancingo, the capitol of Guerrero.Her battered, disfigured body was discovered early Monday along a subdivision road north of Castle Rock, about 20 miles south of Denver. Investigators say Franco-Fierros had been dragged behind a vehicle for more than a mile, leaving a bloody trail. Preliminary autopsy results said she suffered fatal head injuries and strangled as she was dragged. ...Man arrested in Colorado dragging deathQuote:CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — A man was arrested in the gruesome dragging death of a woman after a stained and tattered photograph of him was found at the crime scene, police said Wednesday.Jose Luis Rubi-Nava, 36, was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of murder and jailed without bail. Investigators said they were still trying to identify the victim, who was dragged behind a vehicle with a rope, leaving a trail of blood more than a mile long....Neighbors discovered the woman's body before dawn. Her face was unrecognizable and an orange tow rope was around her neck, said Nancy Foley, who lives nearby.An autopsy indicated the woman died of asphyxiation and head injuries from being dragged.The trail of blood led from Interstate 25 to the woman's body, which was found on a street lined with large ranch-style homes on spacious lots. On Wednesday, highway crews were spreading fresh tar over the roads to cover the traces of blood.;Quote:Original post by Don CarnageAs we say over here: "Only in America!" [grin]Psh, only in hippy Europe.  WTF was that hitman thinking using a hammer?  We have the second amendment for a reason.CM   ;  the only way it could be better, is if the wife was sent to jail first because the police thought that the hit man was blackmailing her. And then was put on death-row, and then by some tricky detective work by the police officer assigned to the case and her new boyfriend, they trick the estranged husband into confessing to the truth!   ;Quote:Original post by kryatthe only way it could be better, is if the wife was sent to jail first because the police thought that the hit man was blackmailing her. And then was put on death-row, and then by some tricky detective work by the police officer assigned to the case and her new boyfriend, they trick the estranged husband into confessing to the truth!And then santa came and gave everyone cookies and I saw the gingerbread man too and he ran away   