Family woke up to man stabbing his wife and dragging her through the house as she screamed for her life

A Minnesota man will spend two decades behind bars after he repeatedly stabbed his wife and dragged her across the house because he thought she was cheating on him.

Mehdi Badaoui, 53, was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in March to attempted first-degree murder, the Dakota County Attorney’s Office said.

A probable cause arrest affidavit stated the Farmington Police Department responded to a home around 8:30 a.m. on April 15, 2025, for a domestic assault. Dispatchers heard a woman screaming that she had been stabbed and couldn’t move…

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