I did just try to m#rder you,” the suspect stated at one point, per court records, telling officers that his death would “be a benefit to me, his wife, and his children.”
According to court documents that KTVK was able to obtain, a woman in Arizona attempted to make Thanksgiving Day “my Independence Day” after allegedly slashing her boyfriend’s throat while he was asleep.
According to court documents, the lady reportedly called 911 herself and claimed that “she had slashed the victim’s throat.” She also reportedly said, “I did just try to murder you,” once.
Later, when asked if she had actually been trying to kill her boyfriend of 11 years, she allegedly told police, “Yes. God, I hope he is dead,” adding, “It’d be a favor to me, his wife, and his children.”
When police arrived at the scene just after 8 p.m., they found 52-year-old Tamala Rudeseal’s boyfriend, who is unidentified in reports, bleeding from a deep cut that extended from his left ear to the center of his neck.
In subsequent interviews detailed in court documents, Rudeseal allegedly told investigators, “I planned on doing the other side and then stabbing him in the heart.”
While the man was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, Rudeseal was taken into custody. Responding officers also recovered a large folding hunting knife nearby.
When officers got a chance to interview the boyfriend, he told them that Rudeseal often suffered depression during the holidays and said they had argued earlier that same day.
The victim told investigators he thought he was going to die but kept applying pressure to the wound and controlling the bleeding with his shirt until first responders arrived. He is recovering and expected to survive, per Fox 10 Phoenix.
Rudeseal was subsequently booked into the Maricopa County Jail on charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault charges. Her bond has been set at $1,000,000.