Thursday, August 28, 2008

Man allegedly hires hitman to kill wife; wife kills hitman

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 with her bare hands.

Neighbours praised the woman for her bravery, and investigators said they believed the dead man - Edward Dalton Haffey - was robbing 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 on Thursday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. He was ordered held on $500,000 bail.

Update: Many thanks to Dan Gaines , from the LA Times, for pointing out that this incident happened almost two years ago.

I hope you don't mind me asking Dan, but what are/is 'metrics'?

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