A Nova Scotia woman survived a knife attack on the Appalachian Trail by playing dead after being beaten and stabbed — and then ran 10 kilometres for help, police in Virginia say.
James Jordan, 30, of West Yarmouth, Mass., is charged with murder and assault with intent to commit murder in the attack, which left an Oklahoma man dead.
He said police in neighbouring counties had received reports of a man chasing hikers on the trail, and that the man was using a trail nickname of “Sovereign.” At 3:12 a.m., the Wythe County 911 centre received a call from a woman to say she had been stabbed several times, he said. Foster said the injured woman had to run for about 10 kilometres before she found someone to help her.Police hiked about eight kilometres into the Jefferson National Forest and found the suspect using the ping from the male victim’s SOS call and the location given by the woman.
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