13.6.11

Son Witnessed Slaying of His Mother

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The 16-year-old knew his father wasn’t supposed to be at their West Street home in Southington.

“He kept repeating that his father had shot his mother,”

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So when Nurija Mehovic began fighting with his 37-year-old ex-wife, the teen's mother, on Saturday morning, he attempted to step in.

The older of two sons watched as his father grabbed ex-wife Saudina Mehovic by the hair, shot her in the side and then slashed her throat with a knife, neighbors said, their accounts confirmed by police sourc
He tried to intervene but there was nothing he could do,” said neighbor Geoffrey Meissner, who brought the couple's two children inside. “He tried to stop a car that drove by while the youngest boy ran to our yard yelling for help.”

The couple's 14-year-old son screamed for help just moments after Meissner and his wife said they heard a loud bang outside their home. The two were watching television and l
He tried to intervene but there was nothing he could do,” said neighbor Geoffrey Meissner, who brought the couple's two children inside. “He tried to stop a car that drove by while the youngest boy ran to our yard yelling for help.”
The couple's 14-year-old son screamed for help just moments after Meissner and his wife said they heard a loud bang outside their home. The two were watching television and looked outside to find him in the yard.
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