'Headache' Leads To Wife's Arrest

The Associated Press

Published: Jun 27, 2007

PORT ST. LUCIE - A woman was arrested Tuesday after her husband awoke in the middle of the night with a terrible headache and later learned he had a bullet lodged in his head.

St. Lucie County sheriff's deputies initially thought Michael Eugene Moylan had been hit by a stray bullet, but they later realized the couple's story did not match up, Sheriff Ken Mascara said.

April Moylan, 39, was arrested Tuesday and was being charged with attempted murder, Mascara said.

Michael Moylan, 45, awoke at 4:30 a.m. and thought he had suffered an aneurism or that his wife had elbowed him in his sleep, authorities said.

His wife drove him to the hospital, where doctors said a bullet had lodged behind his right ear.

Authorities obtained a search warrant for the couple's home, in an upscale gated community, and later arrested April Moylan, Mascara said.

Evidence indicated that her husband had been shot at close range by someone in the house, Mascara said, and it was clear there were inconsistencies with the couple's story.

Moylan eventually told authorities that she accidentally shot her husband. It was not clear whether she had an attorney.

Michael Moylan was transferred to a trauma facility, authorities said. His condition was not known.