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20 July 2009 1:00 PM
"Worst Idea Ever"
Exorcism by gunshot wound:
CHATTANOOGA -- A nurse accused of shooting her ex-husband in the groin inside his chiropractic clinic while their two young daughters waited outside had written in her diary that she needed to create "portals of exit" for demonic spirits, a detective testified Friday.
Tina Loher, 41, a registered nurse from Eidson, had written in a diary obtained by investigators after the July 10 shooting in Signal Mountain that left 38-year-old Terrance "Terry" Loher seriously wounded, Hamilton County Detective Rodger Brown said. She had also been taken to a hospital briefly with a head injury. She has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and two counts of reckless endangerment.
The accused woman stood in court in a jail jumpsuit at her initial appearance hearing. Her ex-husband, who underwent surgery for the gunshot, was seated in a wheelchair about 20 feet away at the hearing. He cried as he asked the judge to deny her bond.
Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Ronald Durby increased Tina Loher's $140,000 bond to $600,000.
Records show the Lohers are involved in an ongoing court dispute over the children.
Brown said Tina Loher's' diary contained an entry that included: "Terry is filled with three demonic spirits. One is assigned to me, one to each of my children. The purpose is to destroy us. The only way Terry will stop trying to destroy us is if the spirits exit his body today. I will have to create three portals of exit, that way they can leave."
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