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Nurse Strangles Intruder With Bare Hands
Forbes ^
| 9/8/06
| AP
Posted on 09/08/2006 12:46:36 PM PDT by TrebleRebel
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.
Police said there was no obvious sign of forced entry at the house when Kuhnhausen, an emergency room nurse at Providence Portland Medical Center, got home from work shortly after 6 p.m.
Under Oregon law people can use reasonable deadly force when defending themselves against an intruder or burglar in their homes. Kuhnhausen was treated and released for minor injuries at Providence.
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.
"Everyone that I've talked to says 'Hurray for Susan,' said neighbor Annie Warnock, who called 911. "You didn't need to calm her. She's an emergency room nurse. She's used to dealing with crisis."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chokeoutcrime; nurse; nursesusan; perpchoked; primumnonnocere; strangle
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Under Oregon law people can use reasonable deadly force when defending themselves against an intruder or burglar in their homes.
I wonder what constitutes UNreasonable deadly force?
To: TrebleRebel
Dude, you got strangled by an old lady. Wuss.
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:47:18 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: TrebleRebel
When hands are outlawed only outlaws will be able to shoot a gun.
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:49:10 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: dead
That's one tough old lady.
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:49:22 PM PDT
by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: TrebleRebel
I wonder what constitutes UNreasonable deadly force? Unreasonably leaving a perp alive to lie to the cops?
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:49:32 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("I've never seen so many testicles in my life.")
To: TrebleRebel
So cool!
If only all women could do that to the men who try to hurt them.
To: dead
LOL!!!!.......wait a minute! 51 is NOT OLD!..........
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:49:48 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: TrebleRebel
Imagine the look on his face when she did that!
oops!
Good job.
To: TrebleRebel
Good lord, she must work at a mental institution, a prison or somewhere similar with potentially violent people, to have the presence of mind to go after him like that, and actually succeed.
To: TrebleRebel
Strangled by a girl - a fitting end to this tough guy's "career."
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:50:38 PM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: TrebleRebel
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:50:46 PM PDT
by
Toby06
To: TrebleRebel
Neighbors said Kuhnhausen's size - 5-foot-7 and 260 pounds - may have given her an advantage. Uhh, yeah. That's a big ol' girl right there.
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:50:52 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Please do not emanate into the penumbra.)
To: TrebleRebel
To: TrebleRebel
260lbs!!! She could have sat on him and got the job done.
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:51:13 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: CobaltBlue
OLD???? Excuse me - she's only 51!
To: dead
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:52:05 PM PDT
by
Commander8
(Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Galatians 4:16)
To: Red Badger
51 is NOT OLD!..........As of the 18th of last month, it's not.
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:52:20 PM PDT
by
OSHA
(Lose money FAST playing penny stocks. Ask me how!)
To: CobaltBlue
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:52:29 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: CobaltBlue
Ahm. Watch what you call old!
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:52:32 PM PDT
by
twigs
To: TrebleRebel
He's DEAD? I think he died of embarrassment.
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posted on
09/08/2006 12:52:39 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(The "smarter" the individual, the greater his power of self-delusion.)
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