MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman is facing murder charges after police said she stabbed her husband to death after an argument over coffee.
Police told WHBQ they were called to a Memphis home on April 24, where they found a man who had been stabbed multiple times.
According to the arrest affidavit, the victim told police he and his wife had gotten into an argument over the taste of his coffee, after which his wife went to the laundry room and tried to drink bleach, WHBQ reported.
Police said that when the victim tried to stop his wife from hurting herself, she grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed him multiple times, according to the affidavit obtained by WHBQ.
The victim died at the hospital.
Police arrested the man’s wife, Sheila Downey, when she returned home. She allegedly told police that after arguing with her husband, she went for a drive and then returned, WHBQ reported.
Downey is being held without bond on first-degree murder charges, according to records from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
©2022 Cox Media Group
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/AKP2NDDNSBFMTKE5WBPB66USPI.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/MAUQJ3MW7JG2LM62NUPEKFNNMQ.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/M36677BU5NDJZIF3MKBUGESAHU.jpg)
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/04-30-2024/t_d0c6d46801974080b3596e494692e2d8_name_file_960x540_1200_v3_1_.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/ID3ALFHLJBGXLJ4XEVMUCC6UXQ.jpg)