Today we will talk about Susan Kuhnhausen in this article. Susan Kuhnhausen’s husband tried to kill her. Susan Kuhnhausen’s husband conspired with a murderer to kill Susan Kuhnhausen.

At present Susan Kuhnhausen works as a lawyer for violent crimes. Earlier in 2006 she was a 51-year-old emergency room nurse. When Susan Kuhnhausen was a nurse and one day when she came home, she had to fight for her life with a man. This man wanted to kill Susan Kuhnhausen by hitting her with a hammer with his claws. This attack on Susan Kuhnhausen was not accidental. It was a conspiracy which was hatched by Susan Kuhnhausen’s husband Michael. Susan Kuhnhausen saved her life with the power of her physical strength and strong will. Susan Kuhnhausen killed her murderer in self-defense.

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How hitman Ed Haffey attacked Susan Kuhnhausen’s house ?

One day when she came home after finishing her shift as a nurse from Providence Portland Medical Center, she read a note written by her husband. It was written in it that Susan Kuhnhausen I am unable to sleep. I have to run somewhere – I am going to the beach.

Susan Kuhnhausen had mentioned in her note that she had written this note on 6 September 2006. That day was Saturday.

After reading this note, Susan Kuhnhausen went to her shared bedroom. A person was already hiding in this room and waiting for Susan Kuhnhausen. This person was hiding behind the door. This person’s name was Edward Haffey. This person was 59 years old and had a criminal record by profession. Susan Kuhnhausen’s husband Michael had paid Edward Haffey $50,000 to kill his wife.

Edward Haffey, wearing yellow rubber gloves, hit Susan Kuhnhausen’s left temple with a sharp hammer. However, Susan Kuhnhausen was not an ordinary 51-year-old woman. Susan Kuhnhausen had worked as a nurse in the emergency room for 30 years. During this time Susan Kuhnhausen learned to protect herself. In this incident Susan Kuhnhausen was successful in protecting herself and started taking immediate action based on her instincts.

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Susan Kuhnhausen survived the attempt to kill her

When Edward Haffey attacked Susan Kuhnhausen, Susan Kuhnhausen caught him and pushed him against the wall. On this Edward Haffey told Susan Kuhnhausen that you are very strong.

Susan Kuhnhausen said that this was the moment when she realized that Edward Haffey had come to her house only to kill her. In an interview with KGW Susan Kuhnhausen recalled how she felt at that time.

The intention of that person was to kill Susan Kuhnhausen. Edward Haffey did not enter her house with the intention of stealing. Because he did not ask Susan Kuhnhausen anything about the household items. Edward Haffey did not talk to Susan Kuhnhausen about money. As soon as Susan Kuhnhausen entered her room Edward Haffey attacked her fatally.

Susan Kuhnhausen first defended herself and then asked Edward Hafey who had sent him. During the attack, Susan Kuhnhausen hit Edward Hafey on the head with the hammer that he had brought with him. Susan Kuhnhausen hit Edward Hafey on the head several times and injured him.

Edward Hafey did not react to this and snatched his hammer back. Then Susan Kuhnhausen grabbed his throat and pressed it. Edward Hafey’s face turned purple and blue. Then Susan Kuhnhausen left him and tried to run out of the house to get help. Edward Hafey caught Susan Kuhnhausen in the hallway and tried to punch her face hard.

Edward Hafey threw Susan Kuhnhausen down on the floor. Susan Kuhnhausen did not give up and bit Edward Hafey on his thigh and his hand. These teeth marks were linked to the murder of Edward Hafey.

Susan Kuhnhausen did not die on that night of 2006, but she defended herself. Susan Kuhnhausen climbed on top of Edward Haffey with all her strength and strangled him with her left hand. Edward Haffey tried to turn away but was unable to do so.

After a while Edward Haffey stopped moving. Susan Kuhnhausen grabbed Edward Haffey’s hammer and ran to her neighbor’s house to call 911. Susan Kuhnhausen fought with Edward Haffey for 14 minutes to save herself.

How police connected Edward Haffey to Susan Kuhnhausen’s husband ?

That night Portland police found Edward Haffey’s body in Susan Kuhnhausen’s house. Police found yellow gloves, a bottle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup and diabetes pills near Edward Haffey’s body.

Edward Haffey had made a daily schedule and on September 4 he had a conversation with Michael with a phone number. It did not take long for police to find out that Edward Haffey and Michael worked at an adult video store. Edward Haffey was arrested in 1994 for murdering his ex-girlfriend. Edward Haffey had already spent 9 years in prison. Edward Haffey was released from prison in 2003.

Michael went into hiding after plotting his wife’s murder. The police found him within a week of the incident. The police kept Michael about 10 miles away from Susan Kuhnhausen’s medical center. The next day Susan Kuhnhausen filed for divorce from her husband in court and changed her name to Walters.

When the police questioned Michael, he said that he wanted to kill his wife because he was having an affair with another woman and he wanted to kill his wife and take all her property with that woman to move forward with his family. That is why he had plotted to kill his wife Susan Kuhnhausen.