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Oregon woman kills hitman hired by her husband
NBC Channel 3 ^ | 9/10/07

Posted on 09/10/2007 11:38:34 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside

Oregon woman kills hitman hired by her husband

Sep 10, 2007 01:50 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (NEWSCHANNEL) -- An Oregon man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday after hiring another man to kill his wife.

Susan Kuhnhausen fought off the hit man and actually strangled the attacker with her bare hands killing him.

In September 2006, Susan found an intruder in her southeast Portland home.

"I saw a man step out of the shadows and he began to hit me in the head and the face with a hammer," said Kuhnhausen.

For the first time publicly, she described how, fearing for her life, she fought back.

"I got the hammer and started hitting him with the hammer several times. My father, the carpenter, always taught me a hammer could be used for self defense -- the claw end would work the best," said Kuhnhausen.

The attacker was Ed Haffey, a drug addict who it turned out was hired by Michael Kuhnhausen to kill Susan.

"I yelled: 'who sent you here? Yelled again, 'who sent you here?'" Kuhnhausen said in court.

The plan failed as the emergency room nurse relied on her hospital self-defense training and began to bite, hit and choke Haffey.

"He turned blue as I told him you're not going to kill me." said Kuhnhausen.

Instead, she killed Haffey.

Police later found notes in Haffey's backpack linking him to Michael Kuhnhausen.

Susan called it a cowardly plan.

"If I ever believed you deserved to be dead, I would at least have had the balls to kill you myself," declared Kuhnhausen.

"I hurt a lot of people over the last year and I'm sorry. That's all I can say, I'm sorry," said Michael Kuhnhausen.

After laughing at that statement, Susan Kuhnhausen began to cry.

She was grateful her former husband apologized but she was also happy to know he too is suffering.

Michael Kuhnhausen pled guilty to soliciting to commit aggravated murder last month and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: crime; edwardhaffey; michaelkuhnhausen; oregon; portland; selfdefense; susankuhnhausen; susanwalters
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
“Wow. That there be a woman.”

Sure is and her father is no joke either.

“My father, the carpenter, always taught me a hammer could be used for self defense — the claw end would work the best,” said Kuhnhausen. “

101 posted on 09/10/2007 1:56:22 PM PDT by A knight without armor
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To: Triggerhippie
"You gotta love a happy ending..."

Let's hope it gets even happier, and the scumbag husband croaks in prison so this brave woman never has to live in fear of his getting out and coming after her.

102 posted on 09/10/2007 1:58:13 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Wow. That is some kind of W.O.M.A.N.!


103 posted on 09/10/2007 2:02:13 PM PDT by crunk
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To: Mr. Brightside

You go, girl.


104 posted on 09/10/2007 2:02:58 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: mass55th

“Let’s hope it gets even happier, and the scumbag husband croaks in prison so this brave woman never has to live in fear of his getting out and coming after her.”

Ahhh, did you read the article? I don’t think SHE is the one who ought to be concerned for her safety!


105 posted on 09/10/2007 2:16:56 PM PDT by TalBlack
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To: Brakeman
In FLorida, he might have been charged with murder (for the death of the hitman).

In England, she probably would be in jail for defending herself.

106 posted on 09/10/2007 2:28:07 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: TalBlack
"Ahhh, did you read the article? I don’t think SHE is the one who ought to be concerned for her safety!"

Yeah, I read the article, but I also worked in uniform in Corrections for 23 years and know what her scumbag husband is capable of, not to mention what kind of deal he could make with one of his paroled felon friends.

107 posted on 09/10/2007 3:40:35 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: Millee
Re: Well, she is available now!

Millee, my sweetheart, you know... I would never stray from your loving arms and danty hands I luv soooooo much!

Besides, you are the only one... that can make me smoking hot!

108 posted on 09/10/2007 4:23:49 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Mr. Brightside
The attacker was Ed Haffey, a drug addict

He must have been really hammered.

109 posted on 09/10/2007 4:28:04 PM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: rednesss
I don’t think you’re allowed to call someone who strangled someone to death with their bare hands “a lady”. I could be wrong.

You would be wrong, a lady, like a gentleman, when pressed to defend their lives and honor, use whatever methods are to hand, and effective. There is no stigma, social or otherwise, for this...

the infowarrior

110 posted on 09/10/2007 5:39:21 PM PDT by infowarrior
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


111 posted on 09/11/2007 12:16:01 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Mr. Brightside
Granny Clampett would have used a 20 ga. double barrel but same result.
112 posted on 09/11/2007 12:40:04 PM PDT by joebuck
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To: rednesss

>> I was thinking “one tough broad”. I don’t think you’re allowed to call someone who strangled someone to death with their bare hands “a lady”. I could be wrong.

I’d call her lady, missus, ma’am, pleasedonthurtme ... You know, whichever she prefers.


113 posted on 09/12/2007 6:35:31 PM PDT by Titan Magroyne ("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
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To: Mr. Brightside; abcraghead; aimhigh; Archie Bunker on steroids; bicycle thug; blackie; ...
Very late ping.

Oregon Ping

Please notify me via FReepmail if you would like to be added to or taken off the Oregon Ping List.

114 posted on 09/15/2007 2:50:40 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Mr. Brightside

She ought to run for governor. I think she might be able to deal with the public employee unions.


115 posted on 09/15/2007 4:21:20 PM PDT by B Knotts (Tancredo '08!)
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To: Mr. Brightside

He broke the first rule of being a hitman...

Don’t let your victim kill you first.

Mark


116 posted on 09/15/2007 4:38:39 PM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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To: ArrogantBustard
Heh. She doesn't look like me. 'Course, I am a guy, and if she did, well...

Oh, never mind.

117 posted on 09/16/2007 4:09:44 AM PDT by 60Gunner (ER Nursing: You watch it... We live it!)
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To: Cecily
The husband and the perp should have watched “Dial M for Murder” more closely.

Fwiw, "Dial M for Murder" is on AMC tonight., Dial M for Murder

118 posted on 09/16/2007 4:26:48 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Salvation

Ping...


119 posted on 09/16/2007 4:31:59 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Leatherneck_MT

THIS was the woman you should have married. Perfect match.

LOL!


120 posted on 10/02/2007 6:01:55 AM PDT by Shimmer128 (To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites; moderation is for monks....Heinlein)
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