Police: Intruder strangled by nurse was hit man

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:23 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: Man was allegedly hired by woman's husband to kill her, not a burglar

Updated: 3:14 a.m. MT Sept 16, 2006

PORTLAND, Ore. - 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.

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.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14859827/

Strong woman to do that if he was concious at the time.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:07 pm

Serves the sod right.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:27 pm

Too bad it wasn't the husband............................

Portia · Post by **Portia** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:16 pm

from what i read she weighed 250 lbs. and he was just a little guy. she was fighting for her life, i'm glad she won.