8-year-old Jacob Soliz-Amaya used his karate lessons to save his own life from a would-be murderer. He woke up to his father’s ex-girlfriend trying to smother him with a pillow. Thinking quickly, little Jacob used a headbutt to push her away.
Jacob’s father’s ex-girlfriend, Helen Marie Newsome, had apparently broken into the home and had hidden in a spare bedroom for 13 hours waiting for the father to go to work so she could attack Jacob.
Failing to smother him, Newsome picked up some dumbbells in the room and began to beat Jacob over the head. Claiming he used karate kicks and hand strikes to defend himself, Jacob then ran out of the house and over to a neighbor’s house seeking help.
Newsome escaped through a window, but police located her in her own home hours later. She has admitted to attacking the boy and awaits trial on charges of first-degree attempted murder.
Jacob sustained some serious head trauma and received eight staples on his head where Newsome had hit him with the dumbbells. Jacobs father said he had broken up with the woman 2-days earlier. The believes she tried to get back at him for the break up by trying to kill his son.
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