A woman left in a coma for 2 years after a brutal attack woke up and said her brother did it

• A woman in West Virginia woke up after two years in a coma following a serious attack.
• After waking up, she told investigators her brother did it, officials said.

A woman woke up from a two-year coma after being attacked and accused her brother of trying to kill her.

Wanda Palmer woke up from a coma after "2 years of being hospitalized and in a coma resulting from being attacked, hacked, and left for dead," per the Sheriff's Department in Jackson County, West Virginia.

The department said the attack happened in June 2020. It did not give a precise date for Palmer waking up.

A service worker called the police on June 27 and said that she started saying single words, the Associated Press reported.

Wanda Palmer then said in a July 12 interview with a deputy that her brother Daniel was the person who attacked her, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WCHS-TV.

The sheriff's department said Daniel Palmer had been arrested and charged with Palmer's attempted murder as well as malicious wounding.

Daniel Palmer was arrested on Friday, WCHS-TV reported.

Court documents show her brother was also interviewed by investigators in 2020 but denied any involvement, the report said.

Court documents show that he was considered a suspect but that investigators did not have enough evidence against him, the Associated Press reported.