A mother was found with life-threatening injuries outside her home in Milwaukee in a case of domestic violence on Thursday, April 4, according to the Milwaukee Police Department.
Officers were called to the scene at N. 57th St. and W. Meinecke Ave at 9:18 a.m.
Once on scene, a 35-year-old woman was taken to the hospital for her injuries. Police say her injuries are suspected to be caused by blunt force trauma.
The suspect, a 39-year-old man, attempted suicide and was taken to the hospital for life-threatening injuries.
TMJ4's Mariam Mackar spoke to neighbors who rushed to help the woman. They told Mackar they heard screams for help before coming out to what they describe as a horror scene — their neighbor laying on her porch bleeding and badly beaten.
"I was able to open the door and I saw she was covered in blood," says neighbor, Jay M. "I went to see if she was alright and there were other neighbors there who had already made a call to 911 at the time."
Neighbor Yasmin Osario told us that the victim was calling out for her kids who were in school at the time of the crime.
"We were just so in panic trying to make sure she was okay after the traumatic experience she had gone through, and she just kept on telling us 'her kids, her kids,'" recalled Osario. "Thankfully they were in school."
When people asked the victim who had done this to her, Osario tells us she stated clearly that it was her partner.
Those there helping the woman thought the 39-year-old man had run off, but police said he was inside the house attempting to hang himself.
"Unfortunately everybody was under the impression that he had left so we were actually making sure he wouldn't come back," Osario told Mackar.
The woman's partner is now under arrest for assault.
The horrific case came as a shock to everyone in the area who described the couple as quiet. Neighbors tell TMJ4 this is a jolting reminder that people never know what others are facing behind closed doors.
As the investigation continues, Milwaukee police say charges against the man are being sent to the Milwaukee District Attorney's office for review.
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