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WEBVTT UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS TOO LATE. AN EMPTY, BLOODIED WHEELCHAIR SITS OUTSIDE THE SOUTH MILWAUKEE HOME OF 62-YEAR-OLD DEBORAH LYNCH, HINTING AT THE HORROR INSIDE. >> HE WAS POUNDING, KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. SHE SAID, BACKDOOR. I AM BEING ATTACKED. >> NEIGHBOR YVONNE LYTGE HEARD LYNCH STRUGGLING FRIDAY RAN TO THE BACK DOOR AND SAW HER ALREADY BLEEDING. >> I JUST SE HER TRYING TO KEEP HIM OFF OF HER, AWAY FROM HER. IT WAS HORRIFIC. ALL I COULD SEE WAS THAT ANGRY, ENRAGED LOOK ON HIS FACE. >> LYTGE YELLED FOR HER BROTHER, WHO TRIED TO BREAK-IN AS SHE CALLED 911. THE ATTACKER RAN-OFF. POLICE ARRESTED 31-YEAR-OLD KEHINDE AFOLAYAN, A NIGERIAN CITIZEN STAYING WITH LYNCH. SHE DIED AT THE SCENE, STABBED 116 TIME >> SHE WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. SHE WOULD FEED THE ANIMALS CHARIS, CELERY -- CARROTS, CELERY OUT THE BACK DOOR, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY SWEET. >> LYTGE IS HAUNTED THEY COULDN’T GET TO HER IN TIME. >> I AM SURE SHE HEARD US. I HOPE SHE DID. WE DID TRY. I’M SORRY. PATRICK: AFOLAYAN IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TOMORROW. NICK, DO WE KNOW THE NATURE OF LYNCH’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ACCUSED ATTACKER? NO, WE DON’T. WE KNOW HE WAS LIVING HERE TEMPORARILY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HER FACEBOOK PAGE INDICATES SHE WENT TO NIGERIA ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. PERHAPS THEY MET AT THE SHE WAS POINT. VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH, BUT A CHURCH PASTOR TOLD ME TODAY THERE WAS NO SPONSORSHIP ARRANGEMENT WITH THE MAN IN THE CHURCH

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A Nigerian national stabbed a 62-year-old wheelchair-bound woman more than 100 times, leaving her partially disemboweled, court documents obtained by WISN 12 NEWS show. Kehinde Afolayan, 31, was charged Tuesday with one count of first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the Friday attack. If convicted of the felony charge, he faces up to life in prison. The charging document says a witness peered through a window of the apartment on Clarke Avenue after being alerted by his sister to a commotion inside and saw Afolayan stab Deborah Lynch as she sat in her wheelchair. Responding officers found Lynch sitting motionless in her wheelchair, breathing but unresponsive. A Flight for Life helicopter was called but Lynch passed away before being loaded onto the aircraft, the complaint said. Officers arrested Afolayan at the apartment after finding him holding a blood-covered undershirt. Investigators said they found three bloody knives in and near the building, one of which was missing the blade.Afolayan's Federal Republic of Nigeria identification card was found in the living room, a search warrant said. Police said they were unable to interview Afolayan because he was not communicative, not even providing his name. He was, however, uttering statements such as, "Jesus forgives me."Lynch's son, who also lived in the apartment, told officers that Afolayan had been living with them since October. The son was not home during the attack, the complaint said. A medical examiner said Lynch received 116 stabs wounds, most of which were to the chest and abdomen. The church Lynch attends, Oak Creek Assembly of God, issued a statement Tuesday afternoon saying in part, "We are shocked and deeply saddened at the tragic loss of Deborah Lynch. She was part of our church family for nearly four decades. Deborah was involved in several areas, including Sunday Morning Groups and Women’s Ministries."