Woman faces charges for hammer attack on husband
A Helena man is in critical condition after his wife attacked him with a hammer Tuesday afternoon.
Jill M. Lotter, 50, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault. She was released from jail Wednesday after posting $50,000 bond.
Authorities were alerted to the attack by Lotter’s neighbor at about 1 p.m. Tuesday. According to court documents, Lotter had visited her neighbor and mentioned while smoking a cigarette that she had hit her husband in the head with a hammer.
The neighbor went to Lotter’s home on Independence Drive and discovered the man, identified in documents as M.L., on the living room floor bleeding profusely from head and facial injuries.
Ms. Lotter told medical personnel, family members and investigators she hit her husband “with a hammer multiple times over a period of several hours during an altercation.”
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said while it was obvious a fight had ensued, investigators are looking into what led to the assault.
The man was taken to St. Peter’s Hospital. He was subsequently airlifted to Great Falls, where he underwent emergency surgery. Court documents note that he will have to undergo further surgeries for “extensive injuries sustained to his head and face.”
It was not immediately clear if the husband had yet retained a divorce lawyer, or, if he had requested that his wife not be permitted to visit him in the hospital. The Sheriff's office already had suggested spousal visitation should be restricted for the present.
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