Throat slashed, woman reads Bible to her attacker [View all]

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SHELBY, NC — Police say...Lindsay Wood and her son came home from church around 8:30 p.m. The son pulled a trash can from the front yard of their one-story white house on Royster Avenue. Wood's son told police a man he didn’t know rushed past him.

He saw the man run toward the back of the house. His mother was unlocking the rear door at the same time. Wood's son told police he heard his mother talking to the man but couldn’t understand their conversation...(T)he man pulled out a knife. He swung the blade and sliced into the right side of Wood's neck.

Wood started speaking to the man about Bible verses and church, Stafford said. (She) didn’t call 911 until 10:24 p.m., after the attacker left...
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According to this followup story, Wood ended up with close to two dozen stitches. I don't know what I find more unlikely -- that for an hour, the mother was able to talk while bleeding, or that for an hour, the son did absolutely nothing.

I hope this isn't a actually a case of her being attacked by a punk kid who was tired of living the religious life, and her trying to cover it up in the name of "forgiveness."


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