EAU CLAIRE Wis. — Police arrested a Menomonie man for the brutal and fatal stabbing of his mother in her Eau Claire apartment. The woman, Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, age 56, suffered multiple wounds apparently from a kitchen knife, police said. Police had been called to the Half Moon Lake apartments about 8 p.m. by a man who reported just stabbing someone. At the scene police attempted but failed to revive the woman. Arrested a few blocks away was the son — Michael Jon Hurlburt, age 27. On the original phone call to police, the dispatcher recorded the caller: “I believe that I’ve been gang-stalked by the U.S. government and the Chinese, and they wanted to force me to do things in my life that I don’t want to do.” Police quoted Hurlburt admitting to thinking about killing his mother in the past and finally doing it. He also claimed that his mother was mean to him until he was 18 and wanted to make a statement to the rest of the family, police said. Hurlburt also talked at length about his mental health, police said.
Hurlburt. From Menomonie, 35 miles away in the next county.