PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said.

 

Susan Kuhnhausen, 51, ran to a neighbor's house after the confrontation Wednesday night. Police found the body of Edward Dalton Haffey 59, a convicted felon with a long police record.

 

Police said there was no obvious sign of forced entry at the house when Kuhnhausen, an emergency room nurse at Providence Portland Medical Center, got home from work shortly after 6 p.m.

 

Under Oregon law people can use deadly force when defending themselves against an intruder or burglar in their homes. Kuhnhausen was treated and released for minor injuries at Providence.

 

Haffey, about 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, had convictions including conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, robbery, drug charges and possession of burglary tools. Neighbors said Kuhnhausen's size -- 5-foot-7 and 260 pounds -- may have given her an advantage.

 

"Everyone that I've talked to says 'Hurray for Susan,' said neighbor Annie Warnock, who called 911.

 

"You didn't need to calm her. She's an emergency room nurse. She's used to dealing with crisis."

 

:lol :notworthy

Isn't there something just odd about a 260lbs female nurse?

Isn't there something just odd about a 260lbs female sasquatch?

 

:mischief2

Um, wow. That's one big woman.

i bet she's a single woman, not neccesarily because she's big but because men tend to have something against marrying women that can kill them with her bare hands.

A lot of men pay big money for a heavyset woman in a nurse outfit to strangle them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Checks credit card balance*