Technology saved this woman from being buried alive and murdered by her husband. Criminals now have to look out for whether people are wearing Apple Watches.
A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after burying his wife alive and breaking her Apple Watch with a hammer after she used it to call police.
Chae An, a 53-year-old man living in Lacey, Washington, has now pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree domestic violence kidnapping, and first-degree domestic violence assault. He allegedly committed all of these acts against his estranged wife, Young An.
According for Fox News, Chae An first attacked her, tying her up with duct tape. Despite being gagged, Young An successfully called police through her Apple Watch, but her husband abducted her moments before an officer could arrive on the scene.
“The dispatch was an ‘unknown trouble call’,” Sgt Shannon Barnes of the Lacey Police Department told reporters, “So he had no information about anything he was walking into.”
At this point, court documents say that Chae An smashed the Apple Watch off his wife’s wrist with a hammer. However, the call remained active. . . .
William Gallagher, “Husband buries wife alive, smashes Apple Watch to stop her calling for help,” Apple Insider, November 3, 2022.
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