Police: Woman’s son organized her attack

Police said Thursday the second person charged with the knife attack on a Shelby woman as she returned home from church was her own son.

Lindsey Wood’s 15-year-old son was supposed to have a hearing in juvenile court Thursday, but his court-appointed attorney did not show up.

Even though the court did not hear from the boy, he can be heard on the 911 call asking his mother if she is OK.

“Are you Ok?” he asks.

“Yeah,” she responds.

“Who’s that with you, ma’am?” the dispatcher asks her.

“That’s my son,” she said.

“How old’s your son?”

“He’s 15,” she said.

Even as she struggled with her injuries, Wood thought of the 16-year-old police said tried to kill her. She wanted him to have her Bible.

“That Bible will help him,” Wood tells her son. “I told him he could take it.”

“He won’t,” her son responded.

“I told him he could take it. I want him to read it,” Wood said.

“He won’t,” her son said.

Police later said the attacker, Miguel Lopez, was a friend of Wood’s son, but Wood did not know him.

It is hard to tell if she knew her son would eventually be charged with planning the attack.

Wood’s neighbor, Maureen Cornett, could not believe the turn of events. “It’s very shocking. I never expected anything like this,” she said.

She remembered seeking the 15-year-old the night his mother was attacked. She said he seemed stunned.

“Oh my God, why? Why?” she asked.

Police have not given a motive for the attack.

Wood’s family released a statement through the Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

“Our faith is strong and we know our heavenly Father is in control, even though it is really hard to understand the situation,” it read.

Wood is still in the hospital. Officials said she was placed on a feeding tube last week.

Officials have not said when Wood’s son next court appearance is scheduled.