Woman took knife off attacking sex offender and stabbed him to death
A woman who stabbed a man to death at a laundromat in Louisiana did so after managing to prise a sharp weapon from the offender while he attacked her, police have said.
The man who attacked her was a sex offender and had only been released from prison two and a half months before the incident.
The scary event happened on Sunday when 40-year-old Nicholas Tranchant entered the laundry room near Lacombe with a sharp weapon. He allegedly attacked a woman who was doing her laundry, but she fought back and was able to wrestle away his weapon before using it to stab him.
When the police arrived, they first thought she had been hurt, but they soon realised she had defended herself against her attacker. Tranchant was taken to hospital, where he later died. The woman was also taken to hospital, where she was treated but is expected to fully recover, reports The Blaze.
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The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call Sunday at the laundromat and found Nicholas Tranchant, 40, unresponsive with a visible stab wound. (WVUE)The alleged attacker was convicted in 2003 of indecent behavior with juveniles and then also convicted in 2008 of attempted aggravated rape and aggravated burglary.
It has been reported that Tranchant lived less than a mile away from the laundromat according to his registered address and he had met with his parole officer 11 times. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections said he had been following the conditions of his release.
Sheriff Randy Smith praised the bravery of the victim in a statement. "I want to compliment this brave woman on the courage and strength she showed in fighting back against her attacker and ask for prayers for her continued recovery," he said.
Nicholas Vincent Tranchant allegedly attacked a woman at knife point, but she grabbed the weapon and killed him say police (Louisiana State Police)Local resident Gwen Batiste explained to WVUE-TV that she had intended to be at the same laundromat around the time of the incident but got held up. "I got tied up and I didn't get there. When I came through, I'd seen all the police and everything and started hearing things," she said.
"I went to Mandeville. I felt safer driving in the middle of the night to Mandeville than I did going right here less than half a mile from my home."
She expressed concern for her granddaughter's safety walking to school. "I understand everybody's done their time, but when you hurt a woman, you hurt a child, there is no 'you've done your time' and it's over with," she added.
"It's pretty sad and we need to bond together and get rid of these pedophiles and sex offenders. It's become normal around here and it shouldn't be."
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