Oregon woman kills hitman hired by her husband

NBC Channel 3 ^ | 9/10/07

[DoughtyOne]

Too bad her husband can’t be tried for premeditated murder even though she lived.

[pgkdan]

I wouldn’t mess with her but I sure wouldn’t mind having her on my side in a street fight!

[PeterFinn]

God’s own justice is done.

[cspackler]

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

So she thought someone might be sending someone to kill her? Seriously, the only time I have ever heard someone asking a question like that is in a movie.

I agree, very fishy. Would anyone being attacked by a total stranger have the idea to ask this question come to mind? There is a lot more to the story. If true, she was expecting something.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Hi 60gunner—here is a nurse story for your book!

[Petruchio]

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

I think it is kinda hard to answer that while being choked to death . . . [grin]

I love a happy ending!

[Abathar]

The perp - Not the skinny methhead I was picturing, way to go lady!

[Snardius]

If all you got is a hammer...everything looks like a nail.

[Greg F]

It probably takes some of the fight out of you to get hit with the claw of a hammer.

[cinives]

Every female from early years should be taught self-defense with whatever is handy. If the father was a carpenter, it stands to reason he’d have talked about the tool he knows best.

I’ve taught mine, or had a black belt teach mine, some very effective self-defense moves, with and without “implements”.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

"I yelled: 'who sent you here? Yelled again, 'who sent you here?'"

I thought that was weird too...

[Bender2]

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

Damned... I ain't asking her out!

[Abathar]

Yeah, but he hit her with it too, then she took it away from him and did him in. Still pretty impressive in my book.

[Tolkien]

Time for a ban on hammers....... and hands too!

[Greg F]

I’ve tried to teach my wife some self defense moves . . . pretty hopeless.

[Billthedrill]

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

Entirely unnecessary statement. I'm sure he realized it at that point.

[pierstroll]

My mom and her sisters were doing wash on a washboard and throwing papers at the age of 8 during the depression. My 93 year old aunt carried moonshine jugs up over a small mountain.

I inherited my big-boned structure from my mom.

Not many men could best them in hand-to-hand. If you shot them, it would take more than 1 round.

Tough mountain women from southern WVA. Hard to find in the age of remote control.

[utahagen]

I know! This was (attempted premeditated) murder. Why didn’t he get a life sentence?

[Redcloak]

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 are correct. According to Miss Manners, a lady always wears white gloves whilst strangling an attacker.

Yes, I totally made up that Miss Manners quote. If Miss Manners' attorneys are reading this, it's just a joke.

[absolootezer0]

Oh, wow. How many women are trained from childhood to rip people apart with a claw hammer?

mine. my 4 year old little girl already knows how to throw a good punch. she also knows how to grab the nearest object to hand to use for a weapon.