Repeated death threats from a man who had already chopped one member of a Moleson Creek family did not move police into action until a woman was found in her kitchen with her throat “cut open”.
Jennifer Thomas, 49, was home alone when she was reportedly attacked by her son-in-law some time before 6.15pm on Tuesday. The alleged perpetrator was subsequently discovered in his house (about a three-minute walk away) with wounds to his wrists and behind his ankles.
In a press release yesterday afternoon police said that the perpetrator is suspected to have ingested a poisonous liquid in an attempt to commit suicide. This newspaper later learnt from Moleson Creek residents that the wounds to the man’s wrist and ankles were self inflicted.
The suspect has since been admitted a patient to