http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/may/08/scott-halls-ex-done-4-life/"Dana Hall, 49, said a recent phone call from her ex-husband gave her a brief glimmer of hope. That hope, however, was short-lived.
“I could barely understand him, but finally heard him say he was sorry for his behavior, and after wrapping his head around it, he knew he was going to die, didn’t have much time left, and wanted me and the kids to be with him in the end.
She says Hall, however, hung up when she started to talk and would not answer when she called him back. Not knowing what his condition might be, she says she called 911 to meet her at Hall’s home 10 miles away in case he needed help.
“He sounded like he might be dying,” she says. “I was freaking out because he sounded really bad.”
Emergency medical technicians were already on the scene and climbing through a bedroom window when she arrived.
When she got to the front porch, she says, Hall was pushing an EMT out of the door.
“It was nothing short of a scene from ‘One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ meets ‘The Shining.’ This is no exaggeration ... I wish it was,” she says.
When he saw her, she says, Hall “went into a rampage against me, telling them to get this (expletive) off his property.”
“He was threatening to beat them all up, doing the crotch chop thing to them, making a fool of himself, ranting and raving like a crazed mental person,” she says.
She claims Hall, who was wearing a T-shirt and boxers, spat in her face as he yelled obscenities.
“I had my hands out to him and was crying, and he could have cared less. He just went on with his ranting,” she says. “He at one point held his hand up to strike me, and they moved me away. There were like eight paramedics and six officers. I told him goodbye. This would be the last time I would come see him.”
Now in hindsight, she says, she feels foolish after years of trying to mend fences and help her ex-husband.
“I feel like such a fool for falling for it again. There was nothing behind his eyes but hate and evil. He made his bed ... now he has to lie in it.”
