Cane attack
From the Canton, Ohio Repository:
"November 18, 2009
Section: canton
Canton man accused of beating woman with her deceased mother's cane
Lori Monsewicz
CantonRep.com staff writer
The boyfriend of a woman severely beaten with her dead mother's cane has been charged in the attack and jailed in lieu of more than a half million dollars bond.
Richard Crawley, 45, of 1219 Dueber Ave. SW, was initially arrested Nov. 12 on a warrant charging him with having weapons under disability. The charge stems from a 2006 conviction on a domestic violence charge, one that had been reduced from felonious assault.
Crawley was charged additionally on Wednesday with felonious assault, according to Stark County Court records. Jail records listed his total bond at $550,000.
Crawley is accused of having beaten Kathleen Jester, 45, at their home with her deceased mother's cane on Nov. 11.
When her 14-year-old son, Zackary Hughes, did not show up for school the day after the assault, police issued a news release announcing that they were looking for the boy.
Sgt. Eric Risner of the Canton Police Department's Detective Bureau said the young man arrived home where police met him later that night. Child Protective Services was notified, Risner said.
At the time, Jester was listed in Aultman Hospital's Intensive Care Unit. She has since been released, Risner said.
Details of events leading up to her assault were not available."
While there is no information about the cane used, it presumably didn't have to have cutting points to be effective and put her in intensive care. It's unlikely her mother's cane would have been weaponized.