Woman Put into Coma by Brother Could Only Speak in Short Answers, But She 'Got Her Voice Back': Sheriff
In June of 2020,Wanda Palmerwas found “attacked, hacked, and left for dead” in her Cottageville, W. Va., home. Mellinger says the weapon used was likely a hatchet or machete, and Wanda had “a lot of skull and brain trauma.” “We thought she was dead,” he says, but “she gurgles, and you realize she still has a breath or two in her.” Wanda, 51, was put on life support and eventually hospitalized in acoma after the brutal attack....