Don't mess with Nurse Kuhnhausen

[WSUCougar]

Wow...

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- 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."

[WSUCougar]

Moral of the story?

Don't carry a hammer unless your prepared to use it while robbing women that outweigh you by 80 pounds.

[st.cronin]

Well, I'm through fantasizing about nurses.

[sachmo71]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Well, I'm through fantasizing about nurses.

You're missing some real good ones, but sometimes, you get one that could strangle you to death. Accidentally.

[Galaxy]

I thought this was going to be about some sexy xxx-rated porn flick. I'm disappointed.

[cartman]

This story gets even better. Her husband was arrested for hiring a hit man. Who was this hitman supposed to kill? Yep, you guessed it, the wife. Who was the intruder? Yep, you guessed it, the hitman.



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Husband Accused In Nurse-Strangles-Intruder Case

Last week, a Southeast Portland woman strangled an apparent intruder in her home.

Friday, police say that intruder was a hit man, hired by the woman's husband.

Michael KuhnhausenThe incident happened September 6th. Detectives say the estranged husband, 58-year-old Michael Hunhausen Sr., disarmed the security alarm in the home on Southeast Alder Street and let Edward Dalton Haffey into his wife's home. Haffey waited for several hours, armed with a claw hammer, until Susan Kuhnausen came home.

Instead of killer her, however, she killed him. He did hit Susan on the head, but police say she counter-attacked ferociously, then got Haffey in a strangle-hold and held on until he was dead.

Investigators say the 51-year-old nurse suspected her husband all along, especially since he had left a note for her in the house. That gave her, and detectives, reason to believe Michael had been inside the home that day. An additional clue was found inside the intruder's backpack - a day planner with "call Mike" scribbled on it, along with Michael Kuhnhausen's cell phone number.

A Clackamas County deputy took Michael Kuhnhausen into custody Wednesday night. He is now in the Multnomah County jail, facing a long series of criminal charges. His estranged wife, Susan, is recovering from the attack.

[Crim]

Sheesh. Ya want something done right...

[Pumpy Tudors]

pix pls

[Joe]

[kcchief19]

Two more morals to learn from this:

* If you hire a hitman to kill your estranged wife, don't let him into the house yourself and leave a note for your wife.

* If you're the hitman, don't carry a dayplanner with the phone number of the guy who hired you to kill his wife.

I swear, some of the dumbest criminals in the world are right here in the USA. God bless America.

[Ben E Lou]

Police: Strangled 'Intruder' a Hit Man

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press Writer
PORTLAND, Ore. — When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from work one day earlier this month, she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands.
Neighbors praised the woman for her bravery, and investigators said they believed the dead man — Edward Dalton Haffey — was burglarizing Kuhnhausen's home. But after an investigation, police now say the intruder Kuhnhausen strangled was apparently a hit man hired by her estranged husband — Michael James Kuhnhausen Sr. — to kill her.
The 58-year-old husband was taken into custody Thursday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. He was ordered held on $500,000 bail.
Haffey had worked as a custodian under Kuhnhausen at an adult video store, according an affidavit filed by the Multnomah County District Attorney's office.
Kuhnhausen and his wife were in the process of getting a divorce, and she told officers "her husband was distraught about the divorce and wanting to reconcile but that she was insisting on the divorce," the affidavit states.
A background check showed Haffey had served lengthy prison terms for conspiracy to commit aggravated murder and convictions for robbery and burglary.
Inside a backpack Haffey left at the scene was a day planner with "Call Mike, Get letter," scribbled on the week of Sept. 4, the affidavit said. Michael Kuhnhausen's cell phone number was jotted on the inside of a folder, it said.
An emergency room nurse who lives in a southeast Portland neighborhood, Susan Kuhnhausen arrived home on the evening of Sept. 6 to find Haffey coming at her with a claw hammer.
She was struck in the head and wrested the weapon away, but the struggle continued and Haffey bit the nurse, according to police. A large woman, she was eventually able to get the slight Haffey into a chokehold and police later found him dead in a hallway. An autopsy revealed the cause of death as strangulation.
Police say she acted in self-defense.
There was no sign of forced entry into the home, but according to the affidavit, Susan Kuhnhausen offered an explanation for the lack of evidence of a break-in: Her estranged husband had the security codes for the home's alarm system, and would have been able to disarm it.
Michael Kuhnhausen denies any involvement, the affidavit states.
Susan Kuhnhausen was out of town attending a nursing conference and did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
She left this message on her voicemail: "I'm not able to answer all the calls that I've received in the past few days. I'm being comforted by your concern and your support. I want you to know that our lives are all at risk for random acts, but more likely random acts of love will come your way than random acts of violence."

[stevew]

Man, he died nuzzled in some fat. That's a horrible way to go.

[st.cronin]

Man, don't you read the forum? I think this is like the third thread on this.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Somebody should take SkyDog's reply button away.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Man, don't you read the forum? I think this is like the third thread on this.

Very powerful the One True Dark Jedi is.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Somebody should take SkyDog's reply button away.

I don't tend to read threads entitled "Don't mess with Nurse Kuhnhausen." I like my title much better.

[st.cronin]

woah

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

Two more morals to learn from this:

* If you hire a hitman to kill your estranged wife, don't let him into the house yourself and leave a note for your wife.

* If you're the hitman, don't carry a dayplanner with the phone number of the guy who hired you to kill his wife.

I swear, some of the dumbest criminals in the world are right here in the USA. God bless America.

Well, in their defense (yeah...I know), I doubt that they considered the possibility that the hitter would not be alive to dipose of the dayplanner, phone number and note.

Now, I agree about dumb criminals, but I don't think this qualifies as elitely dumb.