Lena Deoliveira, Fargo, Dakota woman strikes hatchet on sleeping boyfriend’s head, leaving him with gashed head and two chopped off fingers

A Fargo, Dakota woman has been charged with attempted murder after reportedly beating her boyfriend in the head with a hatchet while he was sleeping.

Lena Deoliveira, 23, is accused of assaulting the victim while he slept at a home on the 700 block of 14 Street North at 5:30 a.m. on September 5.

According to InForum, the victim, Jonathan Granados, informed responding officers that he was alone and asleep in the garage when he 'was attacked without warning.'

The victim, who was found to have a major gash on his head, a second wound on his head, and two mangled fingers, was sent to the emergency room in critical condition.

A third person at the scene told officers that they woke up to the sound of the victim screaming and that Deoliveira was behind the victim with the hatchet. After striking the victim, Deoliveira fled the scene.

Lena Deoliveira, Fargo, Dakota woman strikes hatchet on boyfriend’s head as he slept now charged with attempted murder.

The witness suspected Deoliveira was “out of it” but realized what had happened after hearing a click from the couch’s footrest and seeing blood, the outlet reported.

Deoliveira was arrested in Moorhead, Minnesota on September 7, according to a Fargo Police Department release. She requested an attorney when officers attempted to interview her.

Witness described suspect as being out of it and homeless who sometimes stayed at the garage

During further questioning, the third person at the scene told officers that he saw Deoliveira swing down with the hatchet. While unable to see what she hit because of obstructions, the witness said they heard a sound ‘like splitting wood’. He also relayed that two of the victim’s fingers were missing or ‘kind of hanging’, according to court documents.

The witness further told officers that Deoliveira is homeless, and that she often stayed in the garage or at various homes in the neighborhood, where she would sleep on a couch or the floor.

Lena Deoliveira, Fargo, Dakota woman arrested.

According to the witness, there was a blood trail from the garage where they were staying.

Not immediately clear is whether the woman and the victim were still involved at the time. Nor what necessarily led to Deoliveira savagely attacking the man.

Deoliveira appeared in Cass County court on September 12. She is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault and held on $500,000 bond. Her next court date is set for October 16.