Man found severely beaten at home in Topeka, Topeka KS


A woman returned home near Southeast Lafayette St to find her husband severely beaten and bleeding, with serious injuries including near loss of an eye. The suspect may be a neighbor.
Audio|Source: Topeka Police Dispatch - East and West
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Transcript:
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423 and 43, can I shoot both en route 4 southeast Wafayette, 14 southeast Wafayette Street, R.P.
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Vilma, advise that she came home and her husband was beat up.
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She was told her neighbor and husband had gone into a site, unknown when, RAPY's husband's Code 5[1], (name withheld).
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And it looks like she just returned back home and said that he's bleeding out, and that his eye was almost pulled out.
Police codes explained
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Code 5: Person of interest / suspect (Jose Diaz)
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Location mentioned:
Near SE Lafayette St, Topeka, KS 66607
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