A Pocahontas man is facing second-degree attempted murder charges after investigators say he beat a woman with a ceramic statue. According to a probable cause affidavit, 48-year-old Jeffery Willmuth of Pocahontas had his charges of domestic battery, amended to second-degree attempted murder. In the affidavit, it states that Willmuth went to a home in the 5000-block of Highway 67 South, kicked in the door, and then beat a woman who was asleep in her bed. Investigators say the woman was knocked unconscious, but awoke and was able to make it to a neighbor’s house to call the police. She was later airlifted to the Regional One in Memphis, with a skull fracture. During the investigation, detectives say Willmuth used a ceramic statue to hit the woman. Willmuth was arrested, and first faced domestic battery in the second-degree charges, but they were later updated to second-degree attempted murder.
