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Jamie Landers

Man faces attempted capital murder after police say he tried to hang his 8-year-old son

A McKinney man is facing an attempted capital murder charge after police say he tried to hang himself and his 8-year-old son.

Officers were dispatched on June 23 to a home in the 9800 block of Copperhead Lane, near Black Bear Drive, where police say 32-year-old Kendall Thigpen-Watkins was threatening to kill himself and his son.

When officers arrived, they found Thigpen-Watkins and the boy hanging from a staircase baluster, according to police.

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