The wrong was attacked

After many years of marriage, the husband sent to Killer's wife, but he was not ready to resist

On September 6, 2006, a 51-year-old nurse of the hospital emergency care in Portland was an attack on Susan Kunhausen-a 51-year-old nurse. The unknown man made his way into her house and tried to score with a hammer. Susan managed to escape, and the customer - her husband - was found thanks to the recording in the diary of the attacker.

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When Susan Kunhausen returned from the shift in the evening, she immediately realized that someone had already visited her house. From the street, she noticed: the curtains on the window of the bedroom, which she spread in the morning, were drawn. Entering the house, Susan found that the alarm was turned off. The secret of the penetration was explained by the note from her husband, with whom Susan has not lived for a year. Mike wrote that he had gone to rest on the coast and return in a couple of days.

Syuzen with her husband was connected by a long and difficult relationship - last year, after 17 years of marriage, she put him out the door, and recently finally decided to file for divorce. Despite the anger due to the fact that her husband came to her house without her knowledge, Susan did not think to call the police, because it was not someone alien, but Mike.

After a difficult shift in the emergency department, she wanted to relax, and she went to her bedroom. There, a stranger was waiting for her. His long hair was collected in his tail, his eyes were hidden by a low -drawn cap. In his hands he held a hammer. Having said a word, the stranger rushed at Susan.

Anyone who is looking for not just a "slender"

According to friends and acquaintances, Susan Kunhausen was a cheerful and sociable person. She loved to joke, possessed self-irony and regularly visited a stand-up show. She had a difficult childhood - her parents parted when Susan studied in the second grade. She grew up, moving from place to place, living with her mother, then with her father. “My parents loved me, but could not explain how to build a happy marriage,” said Susan.

After graduating from school, she studied on a medical worker and in the early 1980s settled in Oregon. She immediately settled in the small town of Kus-Bay, located near the Pacific coast, and then moved to the largest city of the state-Portland.

In 1988, friend and mother Susan paid for the publication of comic advertising in the Portland tabloid Willamat Week. The announcement said: “A lonely 33-year-old woman with overweight, but not putting a cross on herself, is looking for someone who wants more from a relationship than just a“ slimmer ”.”

Soon, a 39-year-old divorced man named Mike responded to the ad. He wrote that he likes to spend time in nature - to climb caves and walk on sunset along the beach. Susan liked such a description, and they and Mike began a novel by phone. Susan found out that Mike was an orphan, adopted in infancy, and also that he went through the Vietnamese war. “He had a pleasant voice,” she recalled . “We talked on the phone every day for three weeks before finally seeing ourselves live.”

Shit sandwich

For the first time they met in February 1988 in the garden of the Crystal Springs in Portland. Relations developed rapidly, and by Christmas of the same year they have already played a wedding. “My goal was to find a life partner,” said Susan.

Mike, who worked as a cleaner, opened his wife gradually. He told her that he was never truly happy. “His life philosophy was that life is a shitty sandwich: every day you bite off a piece from it until the time comes to die,” she says.

Soon their relationship began to deteriorate. Susan said that Mike became gloomy and irritable and began to think that everyone wanted to harm him. Over time, he became more and more closed and aggressive. He smoked a lot, constantly controlled Susan and broke into her, even when she made small purchases.

He explained this by the fact that he does not like to be in society because of the heavy memories associated with the war in Vietnam. Susan hoped that the help of a specialist could rectify the situation. “We visited a psychologist, and for some time he became better, but then he again fell into despondency,” said Susan.

In the end, after 17 years of marriage and more than 15 thousand dollars spent on the psychological assistance of Mike, Susan decided that she was enough. “He was dear to me, but I could no longer live with him,” she said . “I wanted to become happy again.”

In September 2005, Susan kicked Mike from home. He moved to his father, but did not want to part with her. Mike insisted that Susan sign something like a marriage contract, which was said that they would be together again if they turn to a psychologist for help. “I said that I would not sign anything,” Susan explained .

In July 2006, Susan told Mike that she wanted to divorce. For a T -shirt, who, in addition, had just lost his job, this was a serious blow. Susan tried to maintain friendly relations, but her ex -husband’s behavior became more and more annoying. He continued to tell her that he could not come to terms with the parting.

Say or die

On the evening of September 6, 2006, Xuzen Kunhausen fought for her life. The attacker has already hit her several times with a hammer on the head - Susan's face flooded blood. She called to the rescue, but none of the neighbors heard her screams.

She was a physically strong and large woman. In addition, at work, she often had to force violent patients. Nurses, who regularly provided emergency assistance, trained in self -defense in case patients are resisted. “I knew that I needed to gather strength. I remembered the advice: if someone has a weapon, you need to come closer to it to reduce the power of the blow, ” said Susan. - Despite my resistance, he was not afraid. On the contrary, he smiled gloatingly at me. ”

In the fight, Susan bit the man, hoping that the traces of her teeth will help to identify him in the event of her death. At the same time, she tried to search his pockets in search of a personality certificate, which could be thrown under the bed, chair or chest of drawers - then the police would definitely be able to find him.

Suddenly, she managed to grab a hammer from the hands of the killer. Susan tumbled him to the floor, climbed from above and hit the man on the head several times, but he was able to rise again. At that moment, Susan thought that now she was definitely the end.

“I don’t know what happened: either I grabbed his leg, or he stumbled,” she recalled . -But at some point I was again from above. I grabbed him by the throat and began to strangle, shouting: “Tell me who sent you?! Tell me or die!” ”

But the killer could no longer say a word. His face first blushed, and then became purple - Susan broke his trachea. “I realized that he was dead, and ran to the neighbor’s house to call the police,” said Susan.

Killer and Customer

Portland police needed very little time to find out the identity of the attacker. It turned out to be 59-year-old Ed Huffy-a veteran of the war in Vietnam, who left prison just three years before the attack on Susan. He spent nine years behind bars for organizing the murder of his ex -girlfriend.

The day after the attack, Susan found Huffy's backpack in the basement of her house and transferred him to the police. In the backpack there was Hershey's syrup, 200 dollars in cash, diabetes medicines, a diary and a payment receipt in the name of the attacker. In the diary there was a record of September 4, 2006: “Call Mike”. Below was the number of the mobile phone of her husband Susan.

The police quickly established a connection between the attacker and Mike - back in July 2004, the latter helped EDU get a cleaner in Fantasy Adult Video, where he himself worked in the same position. The police were sure that it was Mike who hired Huffy to kill Susan.

According to the case file, the police found that Mike really went to the coast on the day of the attack, but returned to Portland at night. The next day, he bought a revolver, and two days later he left a note in his father’s house: “All I have ever wanted to be loved. But every time I received this, I spoiled everything. ”

On September 13, Mike Kunhausen was detained in the garage of the Kaiser Sunnyside medical center, where he, according to him, was on the examination. Kunhausen told the police that he was going to commit suicide, so at first he was placed in a psychiatric hospital and only after 11 hours was arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit a murder.

Initially, Mike denied his guilt. He only admitted that he turned off the alarm in the house, but said that Huffy did not let him in. On September 18, the former Khaffi cellmate turned to the police. He said that he invited him to take part in the attack and promised to pay $ 5,000 for help in the murder of Susan.

On November 17, another witness told the police that he took Huffy to meet with a man. A few days later, he saw a photograph of this man in the news - and a T -shirt recognized in him.

Investigators found out that Mike wanted to get rid of his wife to sell their house, which cost about 300 thousand dollars. If Susan was gone, Mike would solve his financial problems - a few weeks before the attack, he lost his job. Edward Haffi, he offered $ 50,000 for the murder of Susan.

On August 30, 2007, Mike found himself guilty of inciting Susan. The court sentenced him to 10 years in prison. On September 14, 2014, he was supposed to leave the Upo Prison, but he did not wait for freedom - 92 days before his release, he died of prostate cancer.

New life

Susan filed for divorce the day after Mike was arrested. She could not recover for a long time after what happened. Returning home, she constantly changed the route and went around the quarter if it seemed to her that she was being followed. In order to stand up for herself, if necessary, she learned to handle firearms.

Despite the fact that many years have passed since the attack, in 2012, she admitted that she felt terrible after she had to kill a person on the air of the Tok show Live. People, having learned her story, supported Susan: they sent her letters, cards and gifts.

Ultimately, Susan was able to survive the injury and began social activities. She gave a lot of interviews in which she told her story and tried to convince people that she needed to fight in any situation.

In 2017, Susan in cooperation with the Portland district prosecutor’s office developed a site where victims of violence could receive help.
“The more time passes after the injury, the easier it becomes. I am sad that our marriage did not work out and that he died in prison, far from everyone who has ever loved him. But now I rejoice at every new day, ” say T Susan.