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Officials: Woman assaulted her relative
Man allegedly caught wife smothering mom
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A Big Canoe woman is out on bond after authorities said she tried to smother her 94-year-old mother-in-law with a pillow at her home last week.

Dawson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Cathrine Hlavenka, 61, and charged her with aggravated assault, a felony, after her husband called authorities.

Sheriff’s Lt. Tony Wooten said the suspect’s husband “walked in on” the early morning incident Sept. 9.

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