A night out at a Miami Texas Roadhouse spiraled into a violent confrontation involving a machete this week, leaving a man hospitalized and his girlfriend behind bars facing an attempted murder charge.
Liz Frechel, 49, was arrested Friday and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center following the alleged attack. She is currently being held without bond.
According to Local 10 the incident began Thursday evening while Frechel and her boyfriend were having dinner. The meal was cut short when the boyfriend reportedly glanced at Frechel’s phone and saw photographs of her holding hands with and hugging another man. He stormed out of the restaurant, leaving Frechel behind.
Police say the situation escalated when the boyfriend went to Frechel’s apartment later that night to return her belongings. He intended to leave her items on an outside air conditioning unit, but realized he had accidentally left his car keys with her property. By the time he went to retrieve them, Frechel had already taken the items inside.
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When the boyfriend attempted to enter the apartment to get his keys, Frechel allegedly tried to shut the door on him. He eventually made it inside and located his keys on the bed, but investigators say Frechel then “locked him inside the bedroom against his will.”
According to the report, she told him, “You are not going anywhere, you son of a b—. You’re going to pay.”
Frechel then allegedly went to her closet and pulled out a machete. As the boyfriend grabbed his keys and attempted to run, police say Frechel swung the weapon at him, slicing his right elbow while screaming, “I’m going to kill you, you son of a b—!”
The victim managed to escape the apartment and run to his vehicle. He drove himself to a nearby hospital, where he received treatment for a deep laceration.
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A neighbor at the apartment complex corroborated parts of the account, telling detectives they heard “a female yelling, items being thrown, and later heard a male crying” before watching a man flee the unit.
Officers executed a search warrant at the apartment on Friday. Frechel was taken into custody but refused to give a statement. She has been charged with attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and false imprisonment.
Her next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 25.
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