The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia

December 2, 2009

Two arrested for attempted murder

By Jackie Ayres

A Bradley man and his son were arrested Wednesday on a multiple charges, including attempted murder, after they allegedly slit the throat of the man’s 73-year-old mother and told her they were going to throw her off the New River Gorge Bridge, police said.

Michael Burnette, 47, and his 21-year-old son Christoper, also of Bradley, were charged with attempted murder, malicious wounding, conspiracy to commit a felony and kidnapping.

They were arraigned before Raleigh County Magistrate Steve Massie and were being held at Southern Regional Jail on $1 million bond each.

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