Police say that a Palm Coast man updated his Facebook status to \u201cwidowed\u201d before jerry-rigging the front door of his estranged wife\u2019s house to a car battery charger, in a failed plan to electrocute her.<\/p>\n
Michael Wilson, 32, was arrested after police found an elaborate system of wires and electrical devices had been set up on the inside of his wife\u2019s front door \u201cin an attempt to cause great bodily harm\u201d<\/em> to her, the Flagler County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a Facebook post<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n Police were called to the scene by Wilson\u2019s father-in-law, who owns the house, after he became suspicious of comments his son-in-law made.<\/p>\n According to a police report obtained by WATE<\/a>, Wilson instructed his estranged wife to \u201cmake sure you use the front door because the garage door is not going to open,<\/em>\u201d while also warning her to \u201cmake sure [redacted] isn’t with you because I don’t want her getting hurt.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Wilson\u2019s wife, who was visiting family out of town, relayed the suspicious comments to her father, who then contacted police to ask if they would conduct a security check of a property.<\/p>\n \u201cSomebody broke into the house, it looks like, and just tampered with everything and actually, the door is like blocked,\u201d<\/em> Wilson\u2019s father-in-law told police on the 911 call, according to a recording obtained by the Daytona Beach News-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n