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Crime

Oklahoma beheading suspect released from hospital

By Staff The Associated Press
Posted October 1, 2014 2:34 pm
1 min read
This March 21, 2011 photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Alton Nolen, of Moore, Okla. Prison records indicate that Nolen, the suspect in the beheading of a co-worker at an Oklahoma food processing plant Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, had spent time in prison and was on probation for assaulting a police officer. View image in full screen
This March 21, 2011 photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Alton Nolen, of Moore, Okla. Prison records indicate that Nolen, the suspect in the beheading of a co-worker at an Oklahoma food processing plant Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, had spent time in prison and was on probation for assaulting a police officer. AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections
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NORMAN, Okla. – A man accused of beheading a woman at a U.S. processing plant has been released from the hospital.

Alton Nolen is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 54-year-old Colleen Hufford. The 30-year-old is also charged with assault for allegedly attacking another employee on Thursday before he was shot by a plant manager.

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Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Meghan McCormick says Nolen was released from a local hospital at midday Wednesday and is being held at the county jail.

Hufford’s relatives made their first public comments on the attack Wednesday, saying in a statement that her violent death is difficult to comprehend but they’re thankful for the support from friends and family.

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