Wanda Palmer, 51, recovered from her prolonged state of incapacitation to reveal that her ‘mean’ brother was the culprit of the attack that almost killed her

In June 2020, Wanda was found unconscious, covered in blood, and with massive head trauma at her house near Cottageville, West Virginia

Sheriffs in Jackson County interviewed the brother but determined the evidence was insufficient to make an arrest

Daniel Palmer III, 55, was charged Friday with attempted murder and malicious wounding for allegedly bludgeoning his 51-year-old sister, Wanda, with a machete 

Investigators in the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office were shocked when they received a call from Wanda’s nursing home notifying them that she was awake

Although she sustained brain damage, Wanda was able to communicate with single words and when asked who the assailant was, she said it was her ‘mean’ brother

A West Virginia woman who woke up from her comatose state after two years shocked cops when she revealed that her near death experience was caused by a family member.
Investigators in the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office were shocked when they received a call from Wanda’s nursing home notifying them that she was awake and speaking. 
Wanda Palmer recovered from her prolonged state of incapacitation to reveal that her ‘mean’ brother was the culprit of the attack that almost killed her. 
Daniel Palmer III, 55, has been charged with attempted murder and malicious wounding for allegedly bludgeoning his 51-year-old sister, Wanda, with a machete, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday. The indictment states that Palmer III “hacked” his sister and “left [her], for dead.”

In June 2020, Wanda was found unconscious, covered in blood, and with massive head trauma at her house near Cottageville. 
Although her brother had been a person of interest during the investigation, police at the time said that the evidence was insufficient to make an arrest. 
‘From an investigator’s standpoint, this is about as rare as it gets. I think it’s a true testament to the perseverance and the strength of the victim herself,’ Sheriff Ross Mellenger told FOX. 

There was a history to their altercation. In a January 2019 Facebook post, Wanda referenced the reportedly strained  relationship with her brother. 
‘My brother Daniel why u trespassed on my mobile home n damage things which u have no right [to] for shame on u god I give u him to deal with,’ she wrote. 
Jackson County Sherriff Ross Mellenger said that while investigators suspected what had happened before the attack that left Wanda in a coma, they had not been able to make an arrest due to lack of evidence. 
‘There was no eye witness, nobody lived in the home, no surveillance footage, no cellphone records,’ Mellenger said. 
‘There was virtually nothing there to move forward on.’  
But that changed last week when Wanda woke up from the coma, shocking staff at the facility she was being treated at.
Although she sustained brain damage, Wanda was able to communicate with single words and when asked who had been the culprit of the attack she said it was her ‘mean’ brother. 
Deputies questioned Daniel Palmer, but Mellenger would not indicate what if anything he had to say about the allegations.
From the onset ‘The key to the whole thing lay with the victim herself and with her unable to communicate we were left with nothing,’ Mellenger also told Metro News.
‘Now lo and behold two years later and boom, she’s awake and able to tell us exactly what happened.’