Family Of Four Survives Attempted Murder/Suicide

"MENASHA, WI - Town of Menasha police say a man tried to kill his family in a murder-suicide attempt.

"Police were asked to check on the woman's welfare shortly after 10 o'clock Wednesday night. Officers were told the woman had separated from her husband and went to the address to see her children.

"The woman says her 33-year-old estranged husband battered and strangled her until she was unconscious, and when she came to, she found herself, her four- and six-year-old children, and her estranged husband in a car in a closed garage with the car windows rolled down.

"The woman says she regained consciousness shortly before officers arrived.

"The 30-year-old woman was taken to a hospital for her injuries.

"The Town of Menasha man was jailed on charges including three counts of attempted first-degree homicide, two counts of strangulation, and substantial battery."

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