Overview
- Police say Tamala Rudeseal, 52, called 911 around 8 p.m. on Nov. 27 and reported slashing her boyfriend’s throat.
- Responding officers found the man with a deep neck wound from his left ear to the center of his neck, and he underwent emergency surgery and survived.
- Court and dispatch records quote her saying, “I did just try to murder you” and “Today is my Independence Day,” and expressing hope he was dead.
- Officers recovered a large folding hunting knife at the Mesa apartment and took Rudeseal into custody.
- She was booked into the Maricopa County jail on attempted murder and aggravated assault, held on $1 million bond, and the county attorney’s office says the case is under review.