Inset: Allison Hatton (Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The area in Florida where Hatton allegedly tried to kill his family (Google Maps).
A 73-year-old man in Florida is accused of trying to kill his wife and daughter, allegedly stabbing his 69-year-old wife in the neck and saying he would stab his daughter because he was “tired of everyone suffering” and “trying to get ’em up to heaven.”
Allison Hubert Hatton was taken into custody over the weekend and charged with one count each of attempted felony murder, aggravated battery on a person over 65 years of age, and assault with the intent to commit a felony, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, deputies with the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at about 4 a.m. on Oct. 11, from a residence in the 2700 block of Shadeville Road in Crawfordville, Florida, which is about 15 miles south of Tallahassee. The caller, Hatton’s 42-year-old daughter, told the dispatcher that her father had just stabbed her mother, who was “bleeding profusely.”
Upon arriving, first responders said Hatton was disarmed and taken into custody without incident. His wife had suffered a laceration and two puncture wounds to her throat. She was transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital for treatment.
In an interview with detectives, Hatton’s daughter said she was “woken up by hearing her mother scream ‘stop’ and ‘don’t do it.'”
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“[The daughter] said she entered the living room where her mother was seated in her chair, where she typically sleeps,” the affidavit said. “[The daughter] said she saw her father standing over her mother with a knife in his hand. According to [the daughter], she managed to get the knife away from Mr. Hatton. However, Mr. Hatton then went back into the kitchen and retrieved a second knife. Mr. Hatton then advised [his daughter] that if she didn’t let him kill her mother, he would kill her too.”
Hatton had never been diagnosed with a mental disorder and regularly sees doctors at the VA, the daughter told investigators. However, she said he had recently been refusing to eat and was receiving nutrients through a feeding tube. His doctors said there was “nothing mentally wrong with him, he just didn’t want to eat.”
Hatton had also exhibited other concerning behavior of late, per his daughter, who “advised Mr. Hatton has been talking to God out loud the last several days, in which he purportedly asked Him, ‘if this isn’t right, tell me.'”
The daughter said she “didn’t know to what [her dad] was referring to until today.”
In a post-Miranda interview, Hatton allegedly confessed that “he was tired of everyone suffering and intended to kill his entire family, including the dog.” He added that he was “trying to get ’em up to heaven,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a news release.
Inside the home, police said they recovered the two knives used in the alleged attack and found blood throughout the house.
Hatton was transported to the Wakulla County Jail, where he is currently being held without bond. He is scheduled to appear in court again on Friday.
