Father of three stabs his ex-partner with 3-foot sword because 'God told him to do it'
A 35-year-old Michigan woman was in a critical condition on Friday
after she was attacked with a sword by the father of her three children,
who claimed that God personally told him to do it.
The woman whose identity wasn't revealed underwent surgery at the
Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, following the attack which
happened early on Friday morning in Battle Creek.
Authorities together with Battle Creek firefighters and paramedics
from Lifecare Ambulance were called at 2:43 a.m. Friday to the woman's
apartment in the 5200 block of Teal Run Apartments near Glenn Cross Road
on Battle Creek's south side.
Police said they found the woman severely injured with multiple stab
wounds. Her thumb and index finger from one hand were severed and found
on the floor of her bedroom, packed in ice and sent with her to the
hospital. She also had severe injuries to her ankles and feet.
The scene of a sword attack in Battle Creek, Mich., early Friday |
Detective Sgt. Todd Elliott, supervisor of the detective bureau,
confirmed that the helpless woman was attacked with a 3-foot long
replica samurai sword by her ex-partner.
He told Battle Creek Enquirer that the woman suffered multiple injuries to her hands, arms, legs and torso.
Elliott said the couple's 13-year-old son also was awakened and
attempted to intervene and pushed his father away from his mother and
may have grabbed a steak knife and attempted to stab his father.
The man
suffered a cut on his hand but Elliott said officers are not exactly
sure how he was injured.
"It could be he saved her life with his quick actions. He intervened
and made the (911) call," Elliott said about the boy. "It was very brave
what this young man did."
The two other children, a boy 10, and girl 4, also were in the
apartment but none of the children were injured, Elliott said. They were
taken from the scene by family members.
Elliott said the woman tried to escape and was found by medical
personnel at the front door of the apartment. The man left in his car
after the attack.
But after his son called 911 and told police his father was the
attacker, he was arrested later that Friday and taken into custody
without incident.
The Calhoun County Prosecutor's Office, today issued a warrant and
arraignment in district court is expected on next week Tuesday.
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