N.S. woman runs 10 km after being stabbed, beaten on Appalachian Trail
WYTHEVILLE, Va. — A Nova Scotia woman survived a knife attack on the Appalachian Trail by playing dead after being beaten and stabbed — and then ran 10 kilometres for help, police in Virginia say.
James Jordan, 30, of West Yarmouth, Mass., is charged with murder and assault with intent to commit murder in the attack, which left an Oklahoma man dead.
Wythe County Chief Deputy Charles Foster says Ronald Sanchez Jr., 43, was found dead early Saturday, about 100 yards from where the suspect was arrested.
Foster did not have the name of the injured woman, but said it was his understanding that she was from Nova Scotia.