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March 23rd, 2009, 09:17 PM
A woman was so angry with her boyfriend Thursday morning that she chased him with her van as he ran from her, then drove through a fence and hit him near Interstate 4, police said.
Leoninas Williams, 37, flew through the vehicle's windshield, but was able to get up and continue to run.
Deputies said 33-year-old Traci Desaussure, armed with a knife, chased her boyfriend across rush hour traffic and into a median.
Once in the median, Desaussure beat her boyfriend, deputies said.
"By witness accounts, yes, she chased him across I-4 and started fighting with him in the median against the guardrails," said Deputy James Nunn, of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators said Desaussure became enraged when she learned her boyfriend was allegedly having a sexual relationship with an underage girl.
Deputies said the woman called 911 and warned them that she was about to kill her ex-boyfriend.
"I got an emergency," Desaussure said on the 911 call. "I need an officer now. There's gonna be a murder."
Desaussure's ex-boyfriend, Rayfield Campbell, said he witnessed everything.
"He trying to deny it, saying it wasn't true," Campbell said.
Campbell said the couple argued in his front yard, and then Desaussure snapped.
"She started chasing him with the knife, got back in the van, went down the road," he said. "By the time I get down there, I heard a big boom."
Deputies said the "boom" he heard was Williams' body hitting the windshield the mini-van.
"It happened so fast," Campbell said. "I didn't think she was going to hit him with a van."
At that point, police said, Desaussure had hung up with the 911 operator and was holding a knife to Williams.
"He was holding her from stabbing him," Campbell said.
Deputies said she was trying to carve out Williams' heart. Witnesses said they heard Desaussure say that she hoped he was dead.
Williams was flown to Halifax Medical Center and was in serious condition.
Morning traffic was bottle-necked into one lane for a short time, and all eastbound lanes were shut down while a medical helicopter transported the man.
Desaussure is in custody and is facing attempted first-degree murder charges
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Leoninas Williams, 37, flew through the vehicle's windshield, but was able to get up and continue to run.
Deputies said 33-year-old Traci Desaussure, armed with a knife, chased her boyfriend across rush hour traffic and into a median.
Once in the median, Desaussure beat her boyfriend, deputies said.
"By witness accounts, yes, she chased him across I-4 and started fighting with him in the median against the guardrails," said Deputy James Nunn, of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators said Desaussure became enraged when she learned her boyfriend was allegedly having a sexual relationship with an underage girl.
Deputies said the woman called 911 and warned them that she was about to kill her ex-boyfriend.
"I got an emergency," Desaussure said on the 911 call. "I need an officer now. There's gonna be a murder."
Desaussure's ex-boyfriend, Rayfield Campbell, said he witnessed everything.
"He trying to deny it, saying it wasn't true," Campbell said.
Campbell said the couple argued in his front yard, and then Desaussure snapped.
"She started chasing him with the knife, got back in the van, went down the road," he said. "By the time I get down there, I heard a big boom."
Deputies said the "boom" he heard was Williams' body hitting the windshield the mini-van.
"It happened so fast," Campbell said. "I didn't think she was going to hit him with a van."
At that point, police said, Desaussure had hung up with the 911 operator and was holding a knife to Williams.
"He was holding her from stabbing him," Campbell said.
Deputies said she was trying to carve out Williams' heart. Witnesses said they heard Desaussure say that she hoped he was dead.
Williams was flown to Halifax Medical Center and was in serious condition.
Morning traffic was bottle-necked into one lane for a short time, and all eastbound lanes were shut down while a medical helicopter transported the man.
Desaussure is in custody and is facing attempted first-degree murder charges
http://www.wesh.com/news/18965690/detail.html
Can't find a mug, she's been released on PR