Man charged with severing wife's tongue, windpipe after an argument about her smoking a cigarette

The Star Tribune ^ | June 12, 2007 | Jim Adams

[Eric Blair 2084]

Meg Lundeen and her husband had gone out to celebrate her 30th birthday with friends and colleagues, visiting a couple of bars on Friday night. Before the couple returned to their home in Brooklyn Center early Saturday, Lundeen called a friend to say that she'd been fighting with her husband and wanted to come over. But around 2:40 a.m., a neighbor found Lundeen bleeding profusely on her driveway.

An argument over her smoking a cigarette led her husband, Randy P. Aaser, to slash her throat, severing her tongue and windpipe, according to attempted-murder charges filed Tuesday.

Lundeen was in critical condition Tuesday at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, said spokesman Robert Prevost.

The neighbor saved Lundeen's life, because she soon would have bled to death without help, said Brooklyn Center police Lt. Scott Nadeau.

Doctors were able to reattach her tongue, and another physician said it might heal.

Nadeau said police hadn't dealt with the couple before Saturday.

No one else was in their home that night, said Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Lee Barry.

Aaser and Lundeen are licensed as respiratory care practitioners and employed at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, the hospital confirmed.

Nadeau said police haven't been able to interview Lundeen, who can't speak but is expected to survive. He said that her tongue was severed toward the back of the mouth, but that doctors were able to reattach it and her windpipe.

Aaser, 33, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with second-degree attempted murder and is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Anti Tobacco wanted hate. Hate is what they got.

Granted, she might have done something else like burn the toast and had this coming.

[Graybeard58]

Ping

The smoke nazis will stop at nothing.

[sagar]

He probably didn’t want to kiss an ashtray. Sorry, sorry. Sounds like your regular domestic violence turned ugly.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

"An argument over her smoking a cigarette led her husband, Randy P. Aaser,"

ROP?

[Eric Blair 2084]

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[Graymatter]

I don’t think smoking is the problem here. More likely a control freak who crossed over to become a fullblown lunatic.

[Eric Blair 2084]

In all fairness, this is not your garden variety smoke nazi story. I’m sure there were other things involved.

Having said that, when billions of dollars are spent to socially engineer hatred of smokers...that has to play a small part here.

[Vigilanteman]

Wow! What a psycho case this husband is! I’m glad the wife is expected to survive. How anyone can have a tongue and windpipe reattached is nothing short of amazing . . .

[Mark was here]

I have a problem attempted murder, if he does not get the same reward as murder.

[dforest]

Most likely he will get some anger management classes. No big deal though, because he was worried about her health.

/sarc

[Suzy Quzy]

WHAT is a Randy Aaser? Is he an AMERICAN?

[Doomonyou]

I guess this guy never heard of “The Patch.”

[Dasaji]

ROP?

My thoughts exactly.

[Graybeard58]

In all fairness, this is not your garden variety smoke nazi story.

Hyperbole on my part.

[Snoopers-868th]

ROP

Well, I can’t find it??

[Paleo Conservative]

I have a problem attempted murder, if he does not get the same reward as murder.

Yes, why should the criminal get a break just because the surgeon was able to save the victim's life?

[Dasaji]

Well, I can’t find it??

Find what?

[Eric Blair 2084]

Whats ROP besides Religion of Peace? I don’t get it...????

[Eric Blair 2084]

Yes, why should the criminal get a break just because the surgeon was able to save the victim's life?

Get back to me after this thread is dead. Probably after post 45, and we can have a debate about the death penalty. I'm opposed to it, but probably not for the same sorry ass reasons you've ever heard.

[TommyDale]

This guy should have married Lorena Bobbitt and they could have cut each other up into little pieces. LOL!