Attempted homicide suspect to stand trial
JANESVILLE — When Jaymie Pergande was found in his kitchen, he was in a puddle of blood described as being “2 gallons of milk dumped out on the floor.”
Pergande, 38, was covering his neck with a hand towel, trying to stop the bleeding from a 4-inch cut across half his neck, emergency responders said. His trachea and jugular vane were sliced open and exposed.
“He stated that, ‘If I die, I want you to know that my wife did this to me, that she killed me,’” paramedic Shawn Genung testified Monday during a preliminary hearing in Rock County Court.
Testimony from Genung and a Janesville police officer was enough evidence to order Nickole E. Pergande, 35, of 530 S. Randall Ave., Janesville, to stand trial on a charge of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, Court Commissioner Charles Holznecht decided.
Nickole stood mute when asked to enter a plea to the charge, and the court entered a not guilty plea for her.
According to the criminal complaint:
Jaymie and Nickole have been married for 3½ years, but they recently filed for legal separation. Both were laid off from Lear Corp. this year.
On Sunday, Jan. 11, Jaymie’s neck was cut while he was in the shower.
The couple gave different stories as to how Jaymie was injured.
Jaymie claims his wife was stealing from him, was distraught over legal issues and sliced his throat in an attempt to murder him, according to the complaint.
Nickole is charged with felony forgery in connection with writing $3,500 in checks in her husband’s name, including $2,000 to a woman and $1,500 to herself, Janesville police detective Mark Johnson said.
Nickole claims her husband is lying, was stressed about the couple’s job loss and got cut for an unknown reason.
During the court hearing, Janesville police officer Todd Schumann testified Nickole was calm when he arrived at the Pergande’s home. Schumann said Nickole didn’t have any blood on her hands or clothes.
Nickole sat in a chair next to her attorney during the hearing and never spoke.
The mother of two remains free on $10,000 bond.
If convicted, Nickole faces a maximum of 60 years in prison on the attempted homicide charge.
Feb 25, 2009 at 5:58 p.m.
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I'm going outside to check my "Weather Vein!" Who proofreads this stuff? "Jugular vane" is not just a typo, it's totally the wrong word! I've been catching a lot of this kind of thing in the Gazette lately. Obviously one of the people terminated due to budget cuts was the proofreader. It also appears that Ted Sullivan may need an English refresher on the use of homophones.
Feb 24, 2009 at 9:24 p.m.
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Hey, sue Lear Corp. for marital stress and emotional turmoil!!! The "devil" made her do it! Is she hormonal?
Wow, another wacko in the papers, I'm so amazed!!!
Feb 24, 2009 at 6:21 p.m.
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Blame the economy! you should have voted for McCain, you'd have more jobs out there! Will people EVER learn?!
Feb 24, 2009 at 4:12 p.m.
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I doubt this would go to trial if there wasn't substantial evidence. Nonetheless, the forgotten victims in this are her children who will have to deal with this regardless of the outcome.
Feb 24, 2009 at 1:56 p.m.
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i really think that if this woman did not cut her husband she would of came up with a better answer than cut for an unknown reason and also would not stand mute in court if her freedom is on the line for something she did not do and for those reasons i think she did go crazy and slice his throat.
Feb 24, 2009 at 1:48 p.m.
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What about the $2,000 given to some woman? Maybe that was a payoff to have her husband killed.
Feb 24, 2009 at 12:52 p.m.
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look, how easy is this, she took a shower after she sliced him, GUILTY HELLO!!!!!!!!! And it wouldnt nessasarily spray every where, depends on her position when she cut him.
Feb 24, 2009 at 11:55 a.m.
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IT WAS BOB GOULET!
Feb 24, 2009 at 10:08 a.m.
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Vane?
Feb 24, 2009 at 9:38 a.m.
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HA. yess sirr i believe the wife is guilty!
don't let her get away with this!
if she didn't do it then who did?
i prettyy sure he didnt do it himself?
how could he..
SHE"S GIULTY!
Feb 24, 2009 at 9:19 a.m.
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hhhhmmmmmmm lets see he said she did it, she was not there, they are filing for the big "D" and they both got laid off from Lear, probably in this court system, and with the Janesville PD, she is inocent. Yes I think she was at the grocery store and a space alien came into the shower because he was being posessed by big foot, and big foot told the alien to slit this guys throat, and when he does he will get $3500 and he can then got on talk shows and stuff. It all makes sence to me.
Feb 24, 2009 at 8:57 a.m.
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Make that "attempted" murderer...
Feb 24, 2009 at 8:55 a.m.
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cardtrader: Explain this away - “He stated that, ‘If I die, I want you to know that my wife did this to me, that she killed me,’”.
So you're saying that someone else killed him, but with his dying breath he wanted to make sure that his wife got blamed?
Why are you defending a murderer?
Feb 24, 2009 at 8:26 a.m.
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maybe she took a shower right after she did it, it was kinda handy there...
Feb 24, 2009 at 7:48 a.m.
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How do you explain the fact she had no blood on her? A injury like that the blood would have been spraying all over.
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