SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Sioux Falls man is behind bars, charged with attempted murder.
According to court documents, 59-year-old John Buckly Mitchell is accused of beating a woman so badly that she’s hospitalized in critical condition.
Investigators were unable to talk to the victim because she’s in a coma after having surgery for a brain bleed.
While she was still conscious, the affidavit says she told her children that Mitchell had strangled her and threatened to kill her.
Mitchell has a lengthy criminal history and is scheduled to make his first court appearance this afternoon.
