NC husband brutally beats wife’s alleged lover in Kenner Airbnb

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A Houston man who traveled to Kenner in hopes of meeting up with an old college flame was instead accosted by the woman's husband, who tied him to a chair and beat him with a hammer and a baseball bat while questioning him about the suspected affair, Kenner police said.

The husband and wife then allegedly dumped the severely wounded man on a Kenner street before driving back to North Carolina, where they are from, said Lt. Michael Cunningham, a Kenner Police Department spokesperson.

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The victim and Mishanda Reed attended college together in New Orleans. The two had recently reconnected on social media, and investigators suspect they may have begun some sort of affair, according to police. The victim was unaware that she was married, police said.

Mishanda Reed told the victim she would be in the New Orleans area for a conference the last weekend in June, Cunningham said.

"She contacted him, and they agreed to meet down here," Cunningham said.

The victim traveled from Houston and went to an Airbnb that Mishanda Reed had rented on Lloyd Price Avenue in Kenner on June 27. When he entered, Malcom Reed confronted him a gun, Cunningham said.

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Malcom Reed allegedly used zip ties to bind the man to a chair before beating him with an aluminum bat and hammer. Malcolm Reed interrogated the man about text messages between the victim and Mishanda Reed, according to authorities.

The victim suffered a broken leg, a possible broken arm and other injuries to his face and body, according to police.

"They beat him badly," Cunningham said.

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