Man kills woman in domestic attack after crashing into complex

By MARCUS K. GARNER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Saturday, April 18, 2009 A Roswell woman is dead after a domestic dispute Saturday with the father of her children, who attacked her then went after a man showering in her home and held police at bay for hours. The suspect apparently rammed his car into the front of the victim’s next-door neighbor’s home, before bashing the woman over the head with landscaping rock, police said. Charges are pending against the unidentified man, Roswell police spokesman Lt. James McGee said. And the woman won’t be named until her four children have been notified. The suspect is the father of two of the victim’s children, McGee said. Police received a report of a disturbance at 640 Streamside Drive around 1:30 p.m., and arrived to find a woman dead in front of her door, a car crashed into the living room of the townhome next door, and the suspect barricaded in the apartment. A friend of the victim, who told police he was there to mow her lawn and was upstairs showering, came out when he heard the car crashing next door, McGee said. After attacking the woman, police said the suspect went after the friend with a butcher knife. The friend ran back upstairs and locked himself in the bathroom, police said. A SWAT team was called in as the suspect hurled TVs, musical instruments and toys out the window at police, McGee said. During the commotion, the friend escaped from the townhome, police said. Police remained on the scene for several hours, McGee said. A negotiator eventually reached the suspect’s sister, who talked him into surrendering himself.