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Oregon woman kills hitman hired by her husband
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| 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: Mr. Brightside
Excuse me for not shedding any tears for the late Ed Haffey. And I think it’s a shame that the liberals in Oregon won’t put down Mr. Kuhnhausen like the cowardly cur he is.
To: Hegewisch Dupa; skr
I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Kuhnhausen is her maiden name.
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:48:05 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Mr. Brightside
“I am woman, hear me gore.”
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:48:25 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: Mr. Brightside
That's what you get when you hire a discount hit-man.
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:48:38 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: Mr. Brightside
Oregon woman kills hitman hired by her husbandAt which point the husband was thinking, "Ok, on to Plan B."
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:48:54 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: JulieRNR21; PhiKapMom; Politicalmom; metmom; GOP_Lady; Canticle_of_Deborah; ExTexasRedhead; ...
DAYEM!!
And she didn’t even use a gun!
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:49:08 AM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Brilliant
10 yrs if its only your 1st murder conviction, I guess?
To: Mr. Brightside
My father, the carpenter, always taught me a hammer could be used for self defense -- the claw end would work the bestOh, wow. How many women are trained from childhood to rip people apart with a claw hammer?
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:49:54 AM PDT
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
To: Mr. Brightside
She does look tough.
To: skr
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:50:32 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: Mr. Brightside
To: Mr. Brightside
Don’t bring a hammer to a strangle fight.
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:51:05 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
To: Mr. Brightside
Susan Kuhnhausen - alive
The Husband - in jail
The Hitman - dead
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:51:42 AM PDT
by
avacado
To: Mr. Brightside
To: Mr. Brightside
You know what we call a woman like that down here in the South...
“Ma’am”
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:52:21 AM PDT
by
ejonesie22
(I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
That's what you get when you hire a discount hit-man.Strung out junkie vs. Lizzie Borden.
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:54:03 AM PDT
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
To: DeFault User
She looks like my grandmother. She also looks like any of several ER nurses I've had the pleasure of meeting.
I love ER nurses.
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:54:07 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Mr. Brightside
“Michael Kuhnhausen pled guilty to soliciting to commit aggravated murder last month and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.”
NOT long enough.
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:54:14 AM PDT
by
Kimberly GG
(INVEST IN THE FUTURE - DUNCAN HUNTER '08.....(NO MORE CFRers))
To: Mr. Brightside
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.
Aw, hell yeah.
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:54:51 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
09/10/2007 11:55:19 AM PDT
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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