FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP)A woman bent on avenging the slaying of a friend bided her time for more than a decade before she seduced the killer and then cut off his penis, police say.
Doctors were unable to reattach the organ to 48-year-old pipe fitter Alan Hall.
Police yesterday searched for the woman, whom Hall knew only as "Brenda."
Hall, who was convicted in 1983 of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Denise Denofrio, told police that he met "Brenda" at a gas station on Friday and that she led him back to his trailer, where they had sex.
- Suddenly, she took a cutting tool she found in his trailer and cut off his penis, he said.
"The woman made a comment which caused the man to believe that she was seeking revenge for a previous incident involving the man and a friend of the woman," said Sgt. Brent Baird.
In the morning, eight hours after the attack, a passer-by spotted Hall collapsed and bleeding heavily on the front lawn. Hall was rushed to NorthBay Medical Center, but it was too late to sew the penis back on.
Hall's injuries were so severe that investigators were unable to question him in depth until Monday, when he got out of the hospital.
Family members said he left his trailer Tuesday.
We really honest to God dont know where he is, "said his brother John
Hall, 45. "I believe he's in shock. He's not talking a whole lot about what happened, and I'm not asking a lot."
John Mraz, the retired officer who investigated the 1983 case, said Hall strangled Denofrio, 22, with the cord of her sweatshirt after she apparently laughed at him because he couldn't perform sexually.
Police solved the case several days later after finding a matchbook from the bar. Patrons had no trouble describing Hall because of his distinctive curly hair, Mraz said. Hall served four years in prison.
The police officer said he could not recall interviewing a friend named Brenda, but investigators were going through his old-files.