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Maim Victim Family Says Machete Man did It Over a Female
posted (October 7, 2014)
Last night, we told you about 24 year-old Teakettle Resident Aldo Moro, who had his left hand chopped off by another man on Saturday.

Moro told police that he was attacked by a machete weilding Shaylon Santos. Santos chopped him in the head and on the hand. Investigators told us that they believe that Moro had an old beef, but his sister called us this morning to set the record straight. She said that her brother's attacker had an old dispute with his friend, not him. It was, she said, a quarrel over a female:

Carol Budna, Sister of Chopping Victim
"Saturday evening around 6:45 my brother was out in the road socializing with one of my other brother and some of his friends and for some reason he decided to go to a Chinese store. While there he was attack by this young man. I wasn't there and so what I understood is that the young man have him the first chop in the back of his head and then he put his hand up when he notice that this young man was going to chop him again and that was when his hand was chopped off completely. What I understand is that one of his friend have an old beef with this young man. This is over a young lady from the same village. This young lady use to date my brother's friend, so she now my brother's friend ex-girlfriend. Now I understand that she once dated the young man who did the chopping and it is for that reason that I found the old beef rather insulting because as far as I understand my brother does not have an old beef."

Police have charged Santos with attempted murder and maiming, and he will be arraigned at the earliest convenience.

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