CASS COUNTY, N.D. (Court TV) — A North Dakota woman is accused of attempting to kill her sleeping boyfriend with a hatchet.

Lena Deoliveira, 23, is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in the alleged Sept. 5 attack on Jonathan Granados.

Lena Deoliveira is accused of attempting to murder her boyfriend. (Cass County Sheriff’s Office, ND)

A witness told authorities the three of them were sleeping in a detached garage when he awoke to Granados screaming, according to court documents obtained by Court TV. The witness said he saw Deoliveira standing behind Granados, who was lying in a reclined chair,” before she struck him with a hatchet and fled the scene. The witness said it sounded like “splitting wood.”

Granados later told police he had been attacked without warning. Auth

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