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The Straight Story

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Sat Dec 28, 2013, 01:34 AM Dec 2013

(attempted) Murder by ceramic squirrel [View all]

A South Carolina woman was held on a domestic abuse charge for allegedly stabbing her common-law husband with a decorative ceramic squirrel when he came home late on Christmas Eve without any beer.

The woman, Helen Ann Williams, 44, of an address on Clifton Street in North Charleston, was in the Charleston County jail on $10,000 cash bond, jail records showed Friday. She faces a hearing in Charleston County Circuit Court in April on a felony charge of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature.

According to the police report, Williams' 41-year-old husband set out to buy some beer late Tuesday night, but he returned home empty-handed because the stores were closed.

That enraged Williams, according to the report, and as her husband set about making himself a sandwich, she picked up the ceramic squirrel and conked him over the head with it. Then she stabbed him in the chest with it, the report said.

The man fled to a neighbor's home to call 911, and when officers arrived shortly after midnight — on Christmas Day by now — they found him covered in blood with cuts on his shoulder and face, according to the report. When he took off his shirt, they found a big gash in his chest, it said.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/27/22075945-sc-woman-charged-with-stabbing-husband-with-a-ceramic-squirrel?lite

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(attempted) Murder by ceramic squirrel [View all] The Straight Story Dec 2013 OP
Sounds like the making of a country music song. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #1
He is NOT dead. "... husband was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening wounds..." Tx4obama Dec 2013 #2
If I had went with the title from the article (and you are right, will edit) The Straight Story Dec 2013 #4
PS my title was a play off of: The Straight Story Dec 2013 #5
Bit of an overstatement, don't you think? Warpy Dec 2013 #3
You must not remember how much Damage Col. Mustard was able to do, Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #13
Not to mention Professor Plum in the Billiard Room with the monkey wrench pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #14
"The condition of the squirrel wasn't reported." edbermac Dec 2013 #6
Was the squirrel's name Rupert? NBachers Dec 2013 #7
No, I think his name was Clay pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #8
heard it was Rocky the flaying squirrel Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #10
I assumed all ceramic squirrels are are named Clay pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #11
dang. i wanted to see the squirrel. pansypoo53219 Dec 2013 #9
If this post is just because it is far rarer for a woman to harm a man intaglio Dec 2013 #12
So anytime a woman commits a crime it should be in weird news now? The Straight Story Dec 2013 #15
Considering the comparative rareness of that, yes intaglio Dec 2013 #16
Out of 45,000+ posts you think I have not? The Straight Story Dec 2013 #19
If anyone did that, the board would be nothing but violence bettyellen Dec 2013 #20
Seriously? NaturalHigh Dec 2013 #21
How about you post a complete list of men who have killed wives or other family members? intaglio Dec 2013 #22
I don't know what the prisoner is. NaturalHigh Dec 2013 #23
Search engines are your friend intaglio Dec 2013 #24
Hmm...I've never heard of that. NaturalHigh Dec 2013 #25
This guy is very lucky. NaturalHigh Dec 2013 #17
She needs rehab. HappyMe Dec 2013 #18
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