Illinois Man Arrested In Tennessee For Attempting to Kill Beaver County Woman

An Illinois man has been arrested in Tennessee on charges he tried to kill an Aliquippa woman as she slept. The Pennsylvania State Police announced Monday that 47-year-old William Spengler, of Harvard, Illinois, has been arrested in Knox County, Tennessee.  Police say he repeatedly hit the 50-year-old woman in the head with a blunt object while she slept in her home in Independence Township. Police say that happened around 10:30 a.m. Saturday and that Spengler then stole the woman’s car. Police say Spengler drove to Tennessee before he was arrested. Police aren’t releasing the woman’s name and condition, and aren’t saying whether or how she knew Spengler. Spengler’s charged with attempted homicide and theft.


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